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samydogs64
Dodge Dakota
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1/07/2005
22:13:51
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 Subject: Transfer case why ATF-3?
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What is the deal with dodge using ATF-3 in the manual part time transfer case, wouldn't gear oil be better? It seems to me that the full time system that has clutches would require ATF-3 but why a manual gear box?
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DSW
Dodge Dakota
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1/07/2005
23:45:46
| RE: Transfer case why ATF-3?
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Tight tolerences in the bearings and bughings require a thinner lube. I learned the hard way when I was 16 and replaced the "gear oil" in my manual transmission while doing a clutch job. 2 weeks after replacing the clutch I had to take the tranny out again and spend $200 on bearings and bushings that were burned up. The gear oil was tooooo thick to lube the bearings and bushings properly.
It all depends on what type of lubricant the manufacturer designed the transmisoin for, I had a Honda that used 10w30 engine oil in the manual tranny.
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Joe X
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1/08/2005
11:56:42
| RE: Transfer case why ATF-3?
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Go here and read up on it.
http://www.allpar.com/cgi-bin/perlfect/search/search.pl?lang=en&q=atf%2B3
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QuadRider
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1/08/2005
23:55:11
| RE: Transfer case why ATF-3?
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I use the AMSOIL Universal ATF in mine.
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1/09/2005
11:04:56
|  ATF+, ATF+2, ATF+3, ATF+4 vs. Amsoil Synthetic ATF
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Chrysler has recommended over time Chrysler ATF+, ATF+2, ATF+3, ATF+4. ATF+4 is the latest version. Dodge realized that their transmissions were weak and they had to reformulate.
Chrysler went from ATF+ (MS 7176B) to ATF+4 in less than ten years. Essentially they were trying to make up for shifting problems in some of their transmissions by "tweaking" the frictional properties of their fluid rather than recalling the affected units. The ATF+4 fluid does seem to have solved the problems with some of the transmissions from the mid 1990's.
However, I know many Dodge owners that have noticeable and significant improvements switching to Amsoil Universal Synthetic ATF. They state that the transmission characteristics are better than when it was new.
Amsoil Synthetic Universal ATF is truely "Universal"
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