david.clement@verizon.net wrote:
> I have been doing it this way for years;
> 1. Drop the pan, change the filter and refill with 5qts (that's over of fluid.
> 2. Disconect the pressure line from the tranny. The gen three's there is is
> flare fitting where the steel line transions to the rubber line right in the
> center of the radiator under the plastic spalsh shield, I disconnect there.
> 3. Add a piece of rubber line to the steel line so you can route the fluid into
> a bucket.
> 4. Start the engine and put it in neutral (pump does not circulate fluid in
> park).
> 5. Pump out 4qts of old fluid. Stop engine and refill with another 4qts.
> 6. Repeat 4 & 5
> 7. Reconnect lines and refill tranny to the proper mark.
>
> This routine basically takes fresh fluid from the pan and pushes the old fluid
> from the valve body and torque convertor out into to your pan. This is
> basically how tranny shops do it they just have a machine to pump fresh fluid
> back to the traany from the other side of the disconnected line. When these
> palces do it they typically do not change the filter.
>
>
> In article <408950B6.1060102@aol.com>, SilverEightynine@aol.com (Terrible Tom)
> writes:
>
>>
>>Ok I'm sure this has been squabbled over before heh
>>
>>Day off work today - gonna go do the trans fluid change now... I would
>>really like to get all that old trans fluid out. Any way I can flush
>>the trans out myself? With the engine running the TQ converter is
>>spinning - Now - if I were to disconnect the tranny cooler fluid line
>>and let the trans pump the remainder of the fluid out (after draining
>>the pan) - would I risk roasting my trans?
>>
>>How do shops do trans fluid flushes anyway?
Hi David - I never got around to posting the results of the trans fluid
fiasco... but basically I did just what you suggested and aside from
making a mess a few times discovering what hose to connect the plastic
tube to, it turned out fine. Now I know exactly what to do next time heh.
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