JD3020
Active member
Bought my '14 with 53k miles in mid January, and put 7500 miles on it so far. About 2500 miles overdue for a oil change, and my service reminder came on yesterday. The first 53k of its life was easy, it never had a hitch in the receiver or hauled anything. But since i bought it i've put 3-4k miles on it towing 10-15k, and a large portion of that was running down the highway in 4wd. I think the manual says 100k for the axles, and 150k for the trans. Obviously going to do oil and fuel, but should i go ahead and service the trans, t-case, and axles while i have it on the lift? Or would i just be pouring money down the drain? Plan to keep this truck till 200k, so i'm not afraid to spend a little $$$ on maintenance. Just replaced an engine in a 06 F-350 plow/dump with 72k miles due to a lack of maintenance, and the transmission fluid was almost black. Has me a little worried about running the full Ford spec intervals.