[sillsmack]

SWEET !!!

Now with your new box, you need to take steps to insure the same does not happen again.

Auto trans die due to :
1>HEAT
2>DIRT

You need to go to your favorite auto parts house and get a auto tranz temp gauge.
Install it on the OUTBOUND cooling line. That is, the oil cooling line where the tranz oil is LEAVING the tranz on its way to the oil cooler in the radiator.
So your gauge will ALWAYS read the HIGHEST temp your tranz oil will be.

Never let the tranz oil see 300F. GM says 250F is time to pull it over. Maybe so.

At 300F the ATF oxidizes I have been told and no longer lubes or cools the tranz as it should.
If the ATF has seen 300F and is allowed to stay in service, it will eventually lead to early tranz failure.

So, God forbid, your new box should see 300F, as soon as you can, dump it out and replace with fresh ATF.

2>
Replce tranz oil & filter every 20K miles.
More often if Jeep is operated in hot & dusty enviroment (offroad)
Filter should be about $20,oil about the same.
Your new tranz cost alot more than $40 huh ?



~ Happy Trails...

-Mack
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