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crcr
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Jun 17, 2014

Transmission additive good for 2004.5 Dodge Ram Auto Trans?

A few months ago, I bought a 2004.5 Dodge Ram, 5.9L Cummins diesel, one owner, which now has 140K on the clock. I have some of the maintenance records, but not all. As best I can tell, I don't believe...
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hmknightnc
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Jun 17, 2014
ib516 wrote:
Take it to a tranny shop and get it serviced. And by serviced, I mean drop the pan, change the filter and adjust bands and refill with new atf+4.


X2, if it is working fine you don't need to do much else. Only problem you have is the unknown previous use of the BullyDog controller.

I have an '06 with BullyDog and K&N filter since new. Right at 180k miles with about 100k towing heavy ( at or slightly over GCWR of truck). Service trans every 50k and have zero problems with it.

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