Automatic Transmission Fluid for 83 Mustang

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---------------------------------------------------- I would use Type F.In fact when I used to manage various AAMCO transmission shops in the 80s that's all we used on any car as it met all manufacturers specs at the time and I'm SURE it would meet ford's.

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DexronIII/Mercon will do.

Mercon replaced Type H...your Ford people should have known that. Mercon V is generally for later Fords - '97 or '98

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I did a google search and found that Type H is what was specified for the C5 automatic. From another site,

it appears that you can use Mercon or Dextron III as a substitute.Your dealer should have been able to track this down.-- Jim '88 LX 5.0 (now in car heaven) '89 LX 5.0 vert '99 GT 35th Anniversery Edition - Silver Mods to date - Relocated trunk release to drivers side, shortened throttle cable, PIAA Driving lights.

Type F meeting all manufactures specs? Do you still have that memo? Type F is the not a good universal fluid as it doesn't have friction modifiers and would cause hard shifting...It's not interchangeable with Ford's Mercon (which replaced Type H)...and I don't think all those GM and many foreign cars that used Dexron would like Type F.

Then again, putting Dexron/Mercon in a Type F tranny is not optimal as it might slip too much.

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Yeah... well let's not forget he said he worked for AAMCO !...

When was the last time you got good advice for your transmission from them :) ???

He didn't read the REST of the memo which instructed them to put a handfull of metal filings, and a quart of brake fluid in the customers trans !!!

Years ago, '81-'83, during my college days, I can remember inserts in with shift kits, as well as other trans parts, concerning the use of the proper fluid after installation of the parts. Type F was generally specified as the new proper fluid even for GM transmissions. The parts kits even contained tags that were to be attached to the dipstick.

I haven't rebuilt an automatic since then (and I'd rather not), so I don't have any idea what goes on nowadays with them.

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| > Type F is the not a good universal fluid as it doesn't have friction | > modifiers and would cause hard shifting...It's not interchangeable | > with Ford's Mercon (which replaced Type H)...and I don't think all | > those GM and many foreign cars that used Dexron would like Type F. | >

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| | Yeah... well let's not forget he said he worked for AAMCO !... | | When was the last time you got good advice for your transmission from them | :) ??? | | He didn't read the REST of the memo which instructed them to put a handfull | of metal filings, and a quart of brake fluid in the customers trans !!! | | |

IIRC, somewhere around the late 70s/early 80s Ford started specing Dexron/Mercon...... these days, it should be written on the stick whether the spec is for Mercon, Mercon V or Mercon SP....

I agree that shift kits and other racing/performance upgrades recommend Type F since it will give you harder shifts and less slippage.

But saying a chain of shops that generally focus on quantity - not quality - on non-performance oriented daily transportation used Type F on any car because it met all manufacturer's specs just didn't sound right. DP Pics of the cars:

X-No-archive:yes >Yeah... well let's not forget he said he

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But I never forgot the main lesson.That AAMCO actually stands for "All Automatics Must Come Out" ! Brian

******************** There are three kinds of lies; lies,damned lies,and statistics.---Disraeli

And, the B&M Trick Shift Fluid, the blue stuff, is a Type F product.

Rob

"All Automatics Must Come Out"

That's a good one!!

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