Hey everyone

I had the transmission serviced about a month ago. It's operating fine, but every now and then get a bit of a rough shift. It's an '04 with 180 000 Km's on it so its not old but its not new either. I've been told a bottle or two of the Lucas Transmission Fix will smoothen it out. Has anyone used this product before, does anyone have a better recommendation?

Also I'm assuming that to put it in, I'd have to take a bit of fuild out of the transmission first to add the additive so I don't overfill the tranny?

As always, any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Cheers

 

yes i know you will need to take some fluid out....

my employees put 10 litres of tranny fluid in my f150 and that was stupid...

the pan gasket blown , oil every where ,

did not need under coating this year

 

From some of the testing I've seen on Lucas' other products, more specifically their injector lube, it seems like a waste of money.

What transmission fluid was changed into it? Who did the change? This is something that actually needs to be done right at the Ford dealer.

 

Mdub;

It was done by a ford dealer so I'm assuming they put the right fluids and parts in. LIke i say i havn't really had any trouble with it other than just hte occasional hard shift and wondered if something added would help it out

 

Lucas makes good stuff for transmissions. They have two different kinds. A fix and a conditioner, I think it is. The fix is a bigger bottle and very thick, so you would probably have to take a small amount of fluid out. The conditioner,IIRC is a quart or less and you shouldnt have to drain any fluid out. A little bit over full wont hurt anything. I have seen the tranny fix keep a tranny on its last goin for another 10k. That what I used in my old bronco when the transmission started actin up after i bought it. I changed the fluid and it didnt help, added the tranny fix and it helped alot. Not 100% but that was 5 years ago its still runnin.

 

lucas is good stuff man been using it in my motor and tranny since i bought em... 389,000 miles and still running perfect

 

The lucas fuel treatment was proven to add almost NO lubricity to standard diesel fuel.

 

Aaand... what was the title of this post again?

I use the Lucas No-Slip/fix in everything, manual and autos. It's conatins VII's with antioxidants and maybe some FM's, not sure. Can't hurt, only help, just use only the recommended amount, not too much.

 

You are correct. I am getting off topic. I used the fuel treatment personally for quite some time until I saw the independent study... I just felt dooped.

I'd be careful mixing anything into the Ford transmission fluid. Seems like it was a very specific fluid for a reason. I would definitely research it out before just throwing any in.

 

is the tranny fluid a special FORD ONLY item, I'm getting ready to change mine, on the 5-speed torque shift the torque converter does not have a drain plug ... correct?. I've used lucas additives in my engine oils and tranny oils for ever in my other cars and trucks and had great success, don't know about the fuel stuff?