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Mickeyfan0805
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Jul 22, 2013

Adding ATF when you don't know what's in there

We had our transmission fluid flushed and replaced last spring and, being the non-mechanical idiot that I am, I didn't ask for detail as to what they filled it with. Since I didn't ask for synthetic,...
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Goose2448
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Jul 23, 2013
The 8.1 came with the Allison 1000 Trans. Any TSE-295 will work just fine. TraSynd is the major brand by Allison, but Amsoil ToqureDrive is rated the same and is good stuff. You can mix the fluids, Allison says its just fine to do. Some is better than none

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