Another "Mouse Milk" story that seems to have worked.

thanx for posting. My wife's 03 OBW has a hard downshift at highway speeds above 70-75. had it since new. I might try this stuff.

Carl

Actually not. There is a product called "Mouse Milk". Sold by Aircraft Spruce, and likely others. It is an EXCELENT penetrant and lubricant - high creep factor. see:

As a LONG TIME mechanic, I have found there are many very legitimate "chemical fixes" available that do the job every bit as well as a teardown for a small fraction of the cost. Often you tear something down looking for the cause of a problem like that and you never find it. Sometimes you get lucky and you fixed it just by taking it apart and cleaning it, and other times you waste all the time and customer's money because the problem is still there when you are done (you missed SOMETHING, but you have no idea what). I will generally try a chemical fix FIRST if I suspect a stiction or lubrication problem, and sometimes for minor leakage problems - depending what/where/ and how bad, and the age/condition of the vehicle.

That said, there is no universal magic bullet. Nothing will repair a worn out or broken engine or tansmission. And it's "different horses for different courses" - some products work on one engine and not another, or one tranny and not another ---.

I'll bet that the "mechanic in a can" use predates the introduction of that product. But, it's a good use of something previously heard for product recognition. My father used the term and he picked it up in the Navy in WWII.

There's a good probability that using this Mouse Milk might have worked as well. I've known a few cheap auto sales lots that dump WD40 into ailing automatic transmissions and it works long enough to get the car off the lot and a few miles further.

The delayed-engagement is from an o-ring/seal in the trans somewhere that hardens up a bit.

Dave

Mine does this too! I accidently drained the battery, and it went away for awhile. Damn TCU learns your habits, then gets a screw loose after awhile.

I just had a trans flush, that seemed to help a little.

I'm not going to try a magic cocktail until I have to battle the delayed-engagement problem, which at this time is not worse than 1-2 seconds.

Dave

Up here the expression for the "mechanic in a can" was "hunny" or "Honey". I wonder if it had anything to do with what you find in a "honey wagon". Shaler (Rislone), Casite(3c),BG (44K and Supercharge), Bardahl,and Marvel(MMO) were among the products with a pretty strong professional recognition in these parts. Wynns, STP,Tuff-Oil, and many others had little respect - mostly marketing hype.

In which case new fluid and fluid conditioner like BG ATC Plus would likely make a huge difference.

Aften it pays to "nip it in the bud" as letting a problem get worse sometimes causes more damage. Try BG ATC Plus. A lot of tranny shops around here use it with very good results.

Hi,

Add K-W Trans-X in my neighborhood. It's been around forever and I've heard mostly good stories about it, especially when used in automatic transmissions that haven't been particularly well cared for in the fluid maintenance dept.

Rick