Re: tires + auto-trans questions, audispotting

[Cynic5KS@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/29/99 3:14:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
rochow@pixelmagic.com writes:

> 1. After being reminded by the "compared with a 5k automatic,
>  it's bulletproof" sort of comments, I'm wondering about
>  the replacement of ATF and diff. oil (and AT filter cleaning?)
>  on my '84 5kS. I've owned the car for a little more than a
>  year and maybe 4000 miles now. While there may be some
>  systems that one wouldn't want to open up to change fluids
>  until it's really necessary, there is no argument against
>  having both diff and AT drained and refilled, is there?
>  How useful is ATF filter cleaning?
>  The car, BTW, was owned by a care- and clueless
>  moron before me; the transmission engages quickly
>  (and harshly? Compared to my Caprices, anyway) 
>  most of the time, though it's sometimes slow to switch
>  to 3rd after letting off the accel. after accellerating
>  hard in 2nd.

There are some shops that have the pump that completely replaces the 
transmission fluid.  They hook up to the cooling lines on the tranny...The 
one place that I know of that does it is Comstock's in the 315 area code in 
NY... Costs about 100$...   My gas mileage went up... until I blew the seal 
in second gear... (3 weeks later I put a 5 speed in... got sick of dealing 
with the auto...)

Arden