Wolfs head ATF?

[zombie1969]

I am awaiting the delivery of my new trans next week and need to get fluid.The company that rebuilt the trans says use dexIII/royal purple or Schaeffer's.The royal and Schaeffer's are about $150 for a case.I asked about using wolfs head brand synthetic because its $3.50 a quart and they said they never heard of it so don't use it.Just because they never heard of it doesn't sound like a good reason not to use it.And on that note I never heard of Schaeffer's.So any of you use wolfs head synthetic fluid in your rigs?

 

[DokWatson]

Never heard of it. I use generic parts store brand ATF. Napa, carquest, whatever.

 

[sweetk30]

love the idea of reman place making you use synthetic over reg stuff.

unless that tranny is newer stuff and was designed for it from the factory.

and synthetic is good and worth the money. but making you run 1 or the other is kind of funny to me.

 

[ryoken]

i remember wolfshead products from back in the day...

if you care anything about a warranty, i'd run what they want ya to run.... spent good money on a trans, why cheap out on fluid...

 

[Cornfield creations]

What about going to dex6? It is full synthetic and backwards compatible- Excluding manual transmission's requiring dexIII

 

[zombie1969]

Ill look into the dex6.Don't want to spend $150 for fluid when I only put a few hundred miles on the truck a year so itl take a long time to hit 20-30k when it needs to be changed.

 

[Cornfield creations]

Also, Dex6 is not compatible with transfer cases requiring dexIII. It does not have a specific additive that is needed, but for auto trans, it is an upgrade from dexIII.

 

[zombie1969]

Wall mart has a GM approved dex6 that's $2.60 a quart but would have to drive to Road Island store because its an in store only item.

EDIT; Had my zip set up wrong so its close by after all.Guess I'm taking a trip to Wall Mart for some rebranded dex6.