Just a noob comment.I bought my 95 tour in 97 with 49000 km
and still have it today along with my 01 cougar and I find
it strange that my diff and tranny has lasted so long with
no problems.It now has 260000 kms on it and has been beaten
with no restraint since day one.the only maintenance I did
to it was change fluid every 3yrs or so with the cheapest
dex3 fluid.My contour isn't modded however.I've started
modding my cougar lightly (svt uim,tb and gmk's stuff)and
when I changed tranny fluid the first time shortly after
I bought it the fluid was brown and burt like I've never
seen on my tour(had a trailer hitch when I bought it,got a new engine under warranty though )replaced that fluid
with castrol dex5 and has been great since 1 1\2 yrs
despite beeing driven the same way the tour's been.I just
don't like the notchy feel of it and double clutching to
get in 1st gear when moving sorta sucks too but as far as
it beeing reliable I can't complain.

Last edited by Jeff1; 10/02/05 03:59 PM.