Bought a REAL tow vehicle

[Lynn]

Got my new tires and wheel installed. Took me a while to figure out how to get this beast up on my lift. 157.5 inch wheel base. My Studebaker dump truck is only 131. That's about what the Yukon XL Denali is as well.

Rode really well. No vibration, so I guess the balance is good. I would have checked the balance on my wheel balancer, but I didn't have a large enough cone. Got one ordered.

While on the lift, I checked brakes; about 75% material left.

Also looked at the spin on filter for the trans: Fram. Yikes. Guys on the Ferrari forum have a saying: "Friends don't let friends use Fram filters."

Trans fluid is a little dark. I know the oil has been changed once a year over the last 9 years, even though the PO was only putting about 1500 miles a year on it. Doesn't look like the trans has been properly serviced, so will get that taken care of with proper filters.

Forgot to measure my pan, so don't know if it has deep or shallow.

Any Allison gurus here? What about TranSynd fluid?