I have a new Caravan transmission for under $100

gary · 2005-07-24T04:00:05+00:00

A year and a half ago I was in an accident with my 2000 grand caravan 3.8L 4sp. (not my fault). Tranny fluid spewed everywhere. Got the van repaired and it shifted slightly rough after that. I assumed it was because of the accident but never pursued it.A month and a half ago my solenoid pack went. Van in for repair. Got it back and it had extremely hard shifting. It would make the whole van chatter from 2nd to 3rd and coins in the ashtray would dance. Even shifting down to 1st would cause a jerk of the vehicle. I did some internet research and found that they might not have retrained the computer. Also found that I have to have ATF+4 in there. Went back to my invoice and see that they used 3 quarts of Quaker State FLM fluid. Did another internet search yesterday and found on Quaker States site..."Type F (FLM)- Specially compounded fluid that meets the latest Ford ESW-M2C33F specifications, and is compatible with all M2C33 series Ford specs. All 1983 and later model Ford automatic transmissions use Quaker State® DEXRON®-III/ MERCON® or MERCON® V automatic transmission fluids."I have Ford tranny fluid in there!!! I put 2 and 2 together and maybe my bad shifting in the 1st place was what the body shop used for fluid and got worse by the addition of FLM. WOW. I found a site at that says rough shifting can be caused by the wrong fluid and gives directions on how to clear that up. Basically I dropped the pan and changed the filter, cleaned it all up and replaced. Added 4 quarts of fluid and then took the lower tranny line off of the rad and pumped another 5 quarts out that way and replaced with new.Took it for a spin and it was like I was driving a brand new vehicle. I had gotten so used to the hard shifts and cringing when it came to a shift change that I forgot what it was like to drive a smooth vehicle. I took it out for several spins after and it was so smooth I could hardly tell where the shift change was.I'm writing this for anyone who has hard...

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