On 14 May 2007 14:28:16 -0700, dpb wrote:

On May 14, 3:04 pm, mm wrote:
Found almost nothing about Type A transmission fluid on the net,
except that it was used in the 40's and 50's, and yet I thought I
bought or used some decades later than that.

Does every xmission fluid meet Type A standards now? ...

Except for those that don't... It's been so long since I had
anything except GM I really am not sure, but I believe there's still a
difference between the old Type F and equivalents...

It turns out that Type F was also an outgrowth of Type A, so maybe F
meets A standards as well.

Did Dexron Mercon used to be labeled type A also?

Again, don't think it was ever labeled as Type A (because while it met/
exceded those standards, that wasn't the standard it was labeled
against) but was an acceptable substitute.

OK, I probably read what you said somewhere, or maybe what User
posted, but I didn't find it today when I looked.

At any rate, it turns out I didn't need any more fluid anyhow. If
interested in a story, see A Story, not a Question, which is about 3
to 5 threads down from this one.