To make an informed decision on how often to change transmission fluid depending on your own vehicle’s needs, you can follow these few simple guidelines.
How to Change Transmission Fluid in a 1995 Ford F150 How do I Unhook the Alarm in My 2001 Ford Taurus? by Ashton Daigle Your 1995 Ford F-150 is a durable, tough truck that can handle long miles on the road and heavy payloads. Although the F-150 is built to be a hard worker, its...
This difficulty is accompanied by a grinding noise each time you try to change gears. Fortunately, this problem is considerably less expensive to repair than many other issues. More often than not, the cause of this is too much slack in the clutch pedal. With too much slack available, the...
An important part of the Automatic Transmission is the transmission valve body. The most common sign of a problem in the valve body is a delay in shifting gears. This mostly occurs when shifting from park to drive or park to reverse. Slipping of gears and loud sounds as you change your ...
It often happens when you just have an oil change, but the oil change light still appears. Well, there is nothing to be worried about as the scenario takes place quite commonly. The reason here is the light needs to be manually reset. For that, you need to follow some instructions, ...
What to do:Change the Fluid 4) Broken or Worn Out Transmission Bands In an automatic vehicle, metal bands are used to link the gears together. If one of these transmission bands is worn or broken (often caused by overheating), that particular gear won’t be able to engage properly, causi...
often under $50 dollars but sometimes as low as $15. However, the process to get to the rear main seal to replace it often requires removal of the entire engine and transmission from the vehicle, a job that can only be done by very skilled mechanics and even then can take 6-10 hours...
If a clog is causing your power steering problems the first thing to do is to try flushing the system. If that doesn’t work, often times you have to replace the entire steering rack or gear. The last and most common of the power steering problems you may encounter is a leak. First,...