What is the expected maintance at 60,000 miles on my 2000 truck. All i changed so far is the fuel filter on the truck cause of some problems i was having with it killing. Right now, it seems like it is loosing power at times. Also, do you think i should change tranny oil and filter? That is one thing that i am scared of cause i get so many different opinions about tranmissions..

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YES Change the transmission fluid and filter ASAP. I do mine every 30,000. Unfortunatly, my drain bolt is stuck so I have to drop the pan full of fluid. Hopefully yours was not put in as tight as mine from the factory. All you do is remove the plug (15mm I believe) drain it into a pan (not an oil pan though because you can't recycle them together) then remove the outside bolts, also there are 2 torx bolts holding a bracket on the left side you need to remove. I stripped them <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> so I used a crow bar to bend the bracket. Then lower the pan and pour out the little bit of fluid left. Now pull out the old filter. The rubber seal probably will stay stuck up in the hole. If it does, just don't put a new seal on the new filter, just push it up into the old seal really tight, and clean the magnet on the pan, then put everything back together and add about 5 quarts. Then run it for a while then check the fluid a few times with it running and warmed up until you get the right amount. The bolts on the outside of the pan do not go in too tight, because I think it is aluminum. There is still like 8 quarts (maybe more?) up in the transmission that don't drain out so you can drain and refill more often than you change the filter if you want. This maintenance is very important IMO because these transmissions go out all the time when people do just bolt on mods and race them a lot. Also change the differential fluid. The drain plug is on the bottom. Use a 3/8 rachet to remove it. Then remove the cover and clean the magnet, don't peel the magnet off unless you want to glue it back on <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> Replace cover with new gasket (6 bucks at dealer) and tighten all bolts and refill according to the differential you have. If it is the open differential then don't fill it all the way to the fill hole (which opens with 3/8 rachet as well, there is a tag by the hole with fill instructions) If it is posi, use a posi additive and fill to the top (mine took a tad bit more than 2 quarts + additive). I hope this helps.

 

so homie do you not actually drop the pan all the way? just enough to get the filter out? i was thinking i was going to have to drop the exhaust.

 

Yes I had to drop the exhaust to get the pan off. But I did strip the torx bolts holding the cable bracket. If you can get this bracket off, the pan MIGHT come off without dropping the exhaust, but I am not for sure. To tell you the truth it was a major PITA and I am not looking forward to doing it again, but it is worth it for peace of mind. And it would not be near as much trouble if that damn bracket would come off, and I got fluid everywhere because of the damn drain plug being stuck. Also when you put the new gasket on, you can put the bolts slighlty thru the holes and thru the gasket (the gasket will hold the bolts in) This will keep the gasket all lined up.

<small>[ February 04, 2003, 11:49 PM: Message edited by: CashDudeHomie ]</small>

 

Get a tranny FLUSH before you roll 60k. A good shop that uses your internal pump ONLY will run you about 100 bucks. With the chemicals used, you don't HAVE to change the filter, but you can, it will just cost more due to the labor. A fluid change only leaves about half the old stuff in there. I would also change the diff fluid to.

Greg

 

On the shift lever bracket, I took two of the pan bolts and used them to bolt the bracket back together. I put the two torx bolts on the pan, where they are much more accessible. This way it is nearly impossible to strip the bracket bolts, because you can use a 10mm wrench to loose them.

 

I wouldn't admit to anyone that I hadn't changed my trans fluid in 60K unless I was a used car salesman or a lawyer. You own a Silverado? You should be ashamed! Heck what's your hurry. Just wait till you get to 100K and while your at it tow a BIG, HEAVY Deep V boat up a few 11K foot mountains in Colo. By that time you'll really need it. It won't be preventative maintenance anymore, it will be corrective. While your at it don't change your brake fluid, power steering fluid or rear end fluid and don't change your serpentine belt either. That's a real waste of time. Oh and while you at it NOT changing anything don't clean your injectors either. Who cares if those nozzles get all gummed up anyway?

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by eallanboggs:
<strong> I wouldn't admit to anyone that I hadn't changed my trans fluid in 60K unless I was a used car salesman or a lawyer. You own a Silverado? You should be ashamed! Heck what's your hurry. Just wait till you get to 100K and while your at it tow a BIG, HEAVY Deep V boat up a few 11K foot mountains in Colo. By that time you'll really need it. It won't be preventative maintenance anymore, it will be corrective. While your at it don't change your brake fluid, power steering fluid or rear end fluid and don't change your serpentine belt either. That's a real waste of time. Oh and while you at it NOT changing anything don't clean your injectors either. Who cares if those nozzles get all gummed up anyway? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not sure where your coming from with all the sarcasm, but the reccommeded tranny fluid change is 60k. And while I'm at it, I did tow a 6200# travel trailer and logged over 10k while pulling it through the hill country. When I had the flush done I took before and after samples. The before sample looked very impressive for the use that that tranny has gone through. You could still see through it when held up to the light. Now of course the after looked brand new.

Greg

 

99 2500 what size does the torx bolt take? I think I used a T30 but a T35 might work better but I couldn't find one anywhere.

Greg what transmission fluid did you use? I used Pennzoil the first time, but I got Quaker State this time. Did you use synthetic?

Thanks dudes.

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by eallanboggs:
<strong> I wouldn't admit to anyone that I hadn't changed my trans fluid in 60K unless I was a used car salesman or a lawyer. You own a Silverado? You should be ashamed! Heck what's your hurry. Just wait till you get to 100K and while your at it tow a BIG, HEAVY Deep V boat up a few 11K foot mountains in Colo. By that time you'll really need it. It won't be preventative maintenance anymore, it will be corrective. While your at it don't change your brake fluid, power steering fluid or rear end fluid and don't change your serpentine belt either. That's a real waste of time. Oh and while you at it NOT changing anything don't clean your injectors either. Who cares if those nozzles get all gummed up anyway? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You come off as a real ******** man! This board is for people to ask questions about subjects they are unsure of, and most civilized people would either give advice based on past experience or prior reading or not say anything because they don't know. I'm sure there are a lot of people with the same question, hell i know i asked the same question on fsc, and i was told what to do-which i appreciated very much. But no one came on there like a know it all ***** and attempted to rip on me for asking a simple question. You sir need to shut the **** up and get off your high horse. Thanks, and good day.

Cashdude-Great Advice, when we did mine, my drain bolt was also stripped, so it was a major PITA to get the pan off...well worth it though. It cost me i think in the neighborhood of 250 bucks for a change of all fluids for my truck (front & rear diff with additive, trans fluid, transfer case fluid, coolant, etc etc..) and took up about 6 hours of my time, but was definately worth it.


Eric B- I would change the tranny fluid, filter, the plugs, wires, and air filter, and you should be good...

nitin