Let's talk Transmission Maintenance...

[diesaroo]

Originally Posted by JCL

See my post #29 in this thread. I provided an article on paradigms of maintenance, which discusses whether failures in complex systems are more likely to occur with time, or not. My point is that the transmission failures most will see are not in fact wear out, but are due to random mechanical and electrical failures.




I am not offended, but you don't know me, and you are prescribing opinions to me that are incorrect. I am a car nut. I like working on my own vehicles, for the pleasure of doing the work as much as for the outcomes. I am not at all defeatist. There is nothing bare-bones about my personal maintenance strategies. While I take pride in my vehicles, I just don't see the logic in taking pride in having changed a fluid that didn't need changing, thereby introducing potential contamination to a sealed system, and raising the chances of infant mortality post-change. Maintenance is a science, not a black art, or act of faith, IMO. Recommend again that you look at the attachment in my post #29.


Jeff

Ok Jeff, I apologize if my comment was a little "below the belt." And I agree that you are a certified car nut, what seems to me from your signature is that you generally prefer manual trannies. Nothing wrong with that as I would too if the wife could drive them.

I agree that there is always a chance of failure whenever any maintenance is performed whether that be engine oil and filter change or other fluids, but as long as the person performing the service knows what they're doing and has experience, the right tools and supplies, the risk is extremely low.

Just out of curiosity, what fluids do you feel on a vehicle should be changed and at what intervals? And what data do you have to substantiate those maintenance schedules?