Thanks Klaus for the quick reply, my neighbor just got around to checking fluid level today. Level seemed fine but it looked a little dirty clearly not a nice clean color. The car has 88K miles on it.

AAmco charged him close to $4K about 9 years and 30K miles ago to do something to the trans. H e contacted them and they said they would fix it for him for labor only cost,they supply parts which I ams sure will be high.

He does have hard shifting some of the time that seemed to be while shifting into 3rd or 4th gear. I just drove it around the block and for the most part it shifted fine.

I thought it might benefit from a trans flush and suggested he go to a reputable Indy in Tampa that has been around for 35 or 40 years for an opinion / recommendation.

I don't know what he will do, I'm not sure that Aamco is the best solution. He does have a computer message that says he needs the transmission serviced.

Dan