mopar transmission fluid (MTF) OEM replacement?

[DZink24]

anyone here have any experience in changing out the manual transmission fluid in a mid 90's dodge/plymouth neon? i heard horror stories of using anything but dealer-purchased and very expensive MTF. would a good synthetic gear oil work? my car runs fine, but at 91,000 miles, it has never been changed...

 

[mberry]

I can't help you with much, but you can try going to amsoil.com and looking in their online application guide. Amsoil would probably be very good in this application.

 

[rkressg]

Which transmission does it have? I doubt it has something like the NV3500, too big, but it could be something similar. If so, Amsoil Synchromesh MTF should work fine.

 

[Larry Willard]

Auto Zone was carrying Pennzoil brand MTF for less than $10 per quart. They might have to order it for you.

Larry

 

[DZink24]

I went to the dealer :{ last week and purchased 3 quarts of Mopar MTF # 4874465, NV T350, at $20 a quart. #@$%! I could have cheaped out, but the sticker on the transaxle id'd the part # identically, and the guy at NAPA actually seemed a bit hesitant about selling me an off brand transmission fluid. So, I changed it all out on sunday, put in 2 qts. , and I need to top it off soon. The manual states 2. 3 qts. Of course an extra . 3 qt. Why not? Make us buy that 3rd qt. #@$%! But if nothing else, at least noone can tell me "told ya so!"