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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Northern Idaho
Age: 50
Posts: 684
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Northern Idaho
Age: 50
Posts: 684
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Sounds like a good plan, if it is 4WD you should probably change the transfer case fluid as well. I just did all this to my new to me 02, also w/ about 57k. The dealer had done the tranny so I skipped it. Doing the diffs and transfer case yourself is the way to go, it will take a few hours but overall is very easy. Some will say you need new washers for all the plugs but you can reuse the old ones, I did on my 00 for 100k and never had a drip, changing the fluid every 30k. The tranny flush requires a machine, so unless you want to get just the pan you will need to go to a shop for a full flush. As for the hard shifting, this is my first auto ever, I have owned 4 manuals before this, my tranny shifts pretty smooth. Shifts are definitely noticeable, but I wouldn't say clunky. Sometimes going uphill it will wait a while then clunk down to 3rd, so I kick off O/D before I get to hills, also on flat ground going 20-30 it will clunk into 3rd occasionally, but not all the time. Was yours not certified, if so you should have a 7 year 100k warranty from the original new purchase date, so the 7 years starts in 02.
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