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I recently bought a low mileage 1997 GL with 44580 miles on it as my daughters first car. I have completed all of the small repairs that needed caring for such as replacing power door locks, polishing the headlight lens(s) to remove oxidation, etcetera. The car is now in pretty good shape....besides one rear door having a failed power window motor everything is working and the car runs good.
The question I have is around the transmission and the required service...from what Ive read the transmission needs routine attention on these cars. The Chilton book indicates a proper service is to drop the transmission pan and replace the filter. Not wanting to tackle that job myself I called the Ford dealer I have done business with for the last 20 years or so and was told by the service manager that they dont drop the tranmsiion pans and change the filter...they have a back flushing machine of some sort that they hook up and that meets the Ford requirements for servicing the transmission. Is this right? :skep: My concern is not changing the filter would leave a questionable filter in the transmission that I have no way of knowing if its dirty and not doing its job. Also the cost of the quoted service was 200 bucks. That seems like a lot for hooking up a machine. What do you folks recommend and what have you paid for that service ? Thanks for any help offered.
The question I have is around the transmission and the required service...from what Ive read the transmission needs routine attention on these cars. The Chilton book indicates a proper service is to drop the transmission pan and replace the filter. Not wanting to tackle that job myself I called the Ford dealer I have done business with for the last 20 years or so and was told by the service manager that they dont drop the tranmsiion pans and change the filter...they have a back flushing machine of some sort that they hook up and that meets the Ford requirements for servicing the transmission. Is this right? :skep: My concern is not changing the filter would leave a questionable filter in the transmission that I have no way of knowing if its dirty and not doing its job. Also the cost of the quoted service was 200 bucks. That seems like a lot for hooking up a machine. What do you folks recommend and what have you paid for that service ? Thanks for any help offered.