- Joined
- Jun 14, 2016
- Messages
- 27
- Reaction score
- 5
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- Location
- Maple Valley, WA
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- 2.9 V6
- Engine Size
- 2.9L
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
Hi guys! I've got the 5-speed mitsubishi in my '89, had some issues with it over the last 5 years. A few months after I bought the truck in 2011, i had to have the input bearing replaced, and a new 5th gear. I've always run conventional oil, 90w in all my manual trannys, so thats what I used in this truck again. Well, 65,000 miles and 5 years later, and my input bearing has gone bad again. Chattering in neutral, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th. I decided to just run it anyways, but over a period of a few months it got louder and louder.....had to take her back to the shop.
I took her to a different, reputable transmission shop that's been around for 40+ years, and the owner is so nice and easy to work with, good reviews, tons of business. Anyhow, i picked the truck up to-day and all went well until I asked him what kind of fluid he put in it. I was more interested in the brand of gear oil he used. Well...he says, ATF. ATF I said! Thats not right. He says, "I questioned it too, but that's what it calls for in my computer." And he showed me, it said mitsubishi manual-ATF. I couldn't recall exactly what my Haynes manual said so i went with it. Lo and behold when I go home, 80-90W...right in the manual. Online, some guys say....ATF is fine. Some say, nope ATF is not ok. What should I do here fellas? I just spent $1200 and I need this tranny to hold up another 100,000. Go with the ATF.....or drain it and fill with gear oil? Take it back and have him cover the cost...or just do it myself? I've got a 1 year/12,000 warranty on the work.
And....it seems like it still chatters in neutral a little bit...not much...but I can notice it...until I push the clutch in. Is a little chatter to be expected?
Thanks so much,
Dow
I took her to a different, reputable transmission shop that's been around for 40+ years, and the owner is so nice and easy to work with, good reviews, tons of business. Anyhow, i picked the truck up to-day and all went well until I asked him what kind of fluid he put in it. I was more interested in the brand of gear oil he used. Well...he says, ATF. ATF I said! Thats not right. He says, "I questioned it too, but that's what it calls for in my computer." And he showed me, it said mitsubishi manual-ATF. I couldn't recall exactly what my Haynes manual said so i went with it. Lo and behold when I go home, 80-90W...right in the manual. Online, some guys say....ATF is fine. Some say, nope ATF is not ok. What should I do here fellas? I just spent $1200 and I need this tranny to hold up another 100,000. Go with the ATF.....or drain it and fill with gear oil? Take it back and have him cover the cost...or just do it myself? I've got a 1 year/12,000 warranty on the work.
And....it seems like it still chatters in neutral a little bit...not much...but I can notice it...until I push the clutch in. Is a little chatter to be expected?
Thanks so much,
Dow