Originally Posted by herojoe

Funny, but not so funny cooinsidence... A few days ago, I was driving down a dirt road, at night, and apperently ran over a large rock.. Never felt it, but the next morning, I noticed the car was shifting terribley. When I parked, noticed a huge puddle comming out from under the car. Turns out, I tore a hole in my tranny pan and lost majority of the fluid. Knowing the dealership would rip me off on services, I just bought a new pan and gasket and did it myself. It was an easy fix, but only Dextron 6 can be used... which is not sold, ANYWHERE. I had to go to 4 different dealerships before I could find some! How can a service department in a GM/Chevy dealership NOT have the correct fluids?! Well, just thought I'd share the experience. All is good now ($200 later)

Originally Posted by Black Beauty

I`m realy surprised you could fix it yourself, from my understanding, the Tranny is an unfillable unit. Was told by another site member, veh. had to go to dealer just to be filled after new pan was installed at repair shop.