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Sorry, been in meetings.

Ken, it is an automatic.

Adrian, I have not got any quotes yet, just heard it is expensive to have a mechanic do it. I'm fairly handy, figured I would try...

Murph, I typed Lunch and meant to day lunge. There is not noise that I can hear, just seems to be when going up hill at about 55-65 miles an hour. I'm not applying any acceleration, it just feels like it hesitates, then frees up, hesitates, frees up..

Pete, it does have a dip stick, I'll check the color tonight..

Thanks Jakewash, yes it feels like a surge, release, or a lunging experience, not real bad just enough to notice. Almost like the wind is blowing back/forth from the front/back of the vehicle.

My goodness! Speaker advice, cookie recipies, smoked meats, random headshrinking and now trannie advice.

Talk about your full service website!

Not to mention all the ladies over there discussing vacuums. Oh, come on, you knew I had to say it eventually.

Bren R.

It really sounds like the O/D isn't holding or the TCC is slipping, the fluid change will most often help a TCC issue, at least for awhile but not the O/D slippage. Good luck.

Didn't realize the Rodeo has an overdrive like my old trucks. I suppose I could try putting it in 3rd gear on the automatic shifter and take it out on the highway to see if I get any bump/nudge feeling.

Randy, out of curiousity, have you ever had any issues with your fuel lines freezing up/moisture in the lines....has this been happening only in colder weather?

I've been wanting to change the tranny fluid in my car, but just haven't gotten to it. More of a preventative thing for me (no noticeable problems). The biggest thing is that it can be really messy. The job itself isn't hard, but you need to be able to catch all of that fluid and it doesn't come out of a nice little hole like the oil does.

If you are having problems, you may need to take it in. Otherwise you could go through the task of doing it yourself, still have the problem, and then end up having a mechanic drain it again in their activities...

I just really felt like pulling that out of context.

That is all.