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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
They all seem to be sealed nowadays....is that a fill hole, do you think, up at the top/midway down the casing?
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I cannot tell a thing based on the picture to be honest. I have always been accustomed to keeping equipment in fine working order. Although technology has improved, it is my opinion (for what it's worth) that a drain/fill and tranny filter cleaning/replacement should be done every 50K miles or so to keep things in tip top shape. Regardless of what the manual says.
Get to 100K and you get the dealers asking for your wallet for major repairs/rebuild. I am kind of curious what happens inside these transmissions at about 125,000 miles! It can't be a pretty site. If we have anyone with true insight on this, please respond.
I have a sealed tran in a car I have now, and the manual says you never have to change it. But, that said, I don't believe it to be good. Maybe they think it's an ignored area the average Joe (
) doesn't care about. But we are not the average Joe now are we? Heck, we change the rear diff fluid at 1500 miles on the ZL1 (or 1LE or whatever the case may be) to prevent metal particles from invading bearings. It's not required or recommended in the manual. But we know it to be healthy for the longevity.
OK... enough on this subject. I am just one who will not drink the kool aid that these sealed trannys don't need regular maintenance. I do love the new transmission specs for sure. I will be on the early buy list for this car. It's a must have. The transmission is just part of the equation, but it sure is a trigger point
for me along with the "Camaro vs. Everybody" mentality. I hope the figures live up to the hype.
