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Dies Deambulo - 14 Jan 2004 01:51 GMT

Just put a new hughes turbo 350 transmission in my 70 camaro. Hughes
was very unspecific about the type of fluid. They first said type F
but then said that GM's Decron Mecron III was fine. I told them
that after break-in I was going to put in Redline Synthetic.
I'm concerned about mixing the Decron Mecron III with the
Redline Synthetic. Is there anything special I should do for this?

thanks,

Robert

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Gary - KQ6RT - 14 Jan 2004 04:09 GMT

All types of ATF are compatible, as per API spec. This meaning that you can
mix them together without causing any problems.

Type F was originally intended for Ford products. It contains a higher level
of friction modifiers, which makes your tranny shift a little firmer. B&M
Trickshift is actually just type F fluid colored blue to make you think it's
something special. Modern Fords use Mercon, which is just their brand name
for what GM calls Dexron.

I personally think synthetic is a good choice, with Redline being amount the
best. Just drain as much of the old oil as you can, and don't worry about
mixing a small amount of Dexron / Mercon with it. - Gary

> Just put a new hughes turbo 350 transmission in my 70 camaro. Hughes
> was very unspecific about the type of fluid. They first said type F
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> Robert

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Robert Nelson - 21 Jan 2004 02:49 GMT

If you want to pay the price, the fluid change units that are available a
some garages will change 100% of the ATF. Just take your oil and ask them
to install it
Robert

> Just put a new hughes turbo 350 transmission in my 70 camaro. Hughes
> was very unspecific about the type of fluid. They first said type F
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>
> Robert

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