thanks to both for the advice....I'll be working on it this Saturday.

"miles" <nope@nopers.com> wrote in message
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> 8 years and never changed? I'd drop the pan, change the fluid and
> filter and have the bands adjusted for starters and see what happens.
> Thats some pretty old fluid in there.
>
> Dropping the pan won't get nearly all the fluid out. Could have a flush
> done after changing the filter to get 100% of the fluid replaced. I've
> heard doing so on a never serviced tranny could cause some seals to
> leak. NOt had that happen to me.