08RamKenny
Junior Member
Hi folks, newbie here to the Ram forum. I’m a member of a few other forums, and have always loved the information you can get, seems like the people always seem to wanna help. Which is very cool! So thank y’all ahead of time.
Anyway, here’s my dilemma.
I’m the original owner of my Cool Vanilla 2008 4.7 Ram 1500 quad cab. This truck has been nothing but awesomeness! never had to do any major work on it yet(knock on wood) and is still running great!l I still change my oil, do my brakes, and pretty much anything I can to keep it in tip top shape. However, I made a huge blunder in my PM. My transmission fluid has never been changed, flushed or nothing. It has 206K on it now. I started to do have it changed at about 120K, but the people I spoke with back then said it would hurt it more than help it, if I did it then. So I put it off, only checking it periodically to make sure it was level, and still clean. Even today at 206K it’s still nice and red, and still at the proper level. But something tells me at 206K I should do something. Or maybe not? So that’s why I’m here, I need to know some of y’alls opinions?
What would y’all do at this point? Leave it be? Change it? Maybe a full flush? I’m a pretty good shade tree mechanic, but transmissions are out of my league for sure. At least when it comes to repairs. I’m currently not having any transmission issues, just wanna keep it that way! Thanks for the help!
Ram Kenny
Anyway, here’s my dilemma.
I’m the original owner of my Cool Vanilla 2008 4.7 Ram 1500 quad cab. This truck has been nothing but awesomeness! never had to do any major work on it yet(knock on wood) and is still running great!l I still change my oil, do my brakes, and pretty much anything I can to keep it in tip top shape. However, I made a huge blunder in my PM. My transmission fluid has never been changed, flushed or nothing. It has 206K on it now. I started to do have it changed at about 120K, but the people I spoke with back then said it would hurt it more than help it, if I did it then. So I put it off, only checking it periodically to make sure it was level, and still clean. Even today at 206K it’s still nice and red, and still at the proper level. But something tells me at 206K I should do something. Or maybe not? So that’s why I’m here, I need to know some of y’alls opinions?
What would y’all do at this point? Leave it be? Change it? Maybe a full flush? I’m a pretty good shade tree mechanic, but transmissions are out of my league for sure. At least when it comes to repairs. I’m currently not having any transmission issues, just wanna keep it that way! Thanks for the help!
Ram Kenny