Sergei, AWESOME post and results. I'm going to be joining the RR forums so I can read and maybe even reply on that thread as needed so I can rebuild an extra 5HP24 I've got sitting in my garage.

While Bemble states he's no master mechanic and only does this on the side, I'd like to pry the mans ear in regards to his opinions to the lifetime fluid and see if they match up with mine...that's it's complete BS and needs to be changed on regular intervals like I have for myself and customers. I also like that he confirms what I've always believed (contrary to what others have said here) in that the transmission will in fact adapt to the changing in fluid pressure, etc etc when refreshed. That has been something debated on here as well, w/ people stating that doing fluid changes will cause the transmission to act different, loosening deposits (which wouldn't happen had they been changed regularly), causing accelerated failures, etc...which I've found to be completely untrue.

Awesome post...I'm looking forward to tearing into this trans sooner than later now!

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