DieselDaze

agreed !!!!

this has prompted me to go buy some more fluid today and do another small drain and refill... its been months now since the last couple quarts, I've been slacking....

DDfammobile

If your fluid is brown and burnt, flushing is a waste of time. you're clutch plates/bands are shot. once they START slipping they are shot. no stopping them after that. find yourself someone to swap them out for you. ive been doing transmissions for a few years now and cant tell you how many people come in with a car and say "oh well i flushed it but idk why it feels like this now"

jj1562

I have a pic on another thread of what the fluid looks like, worse than used motor oil, now another question for ya's, I was thinking doing the change every week until its red, should that work? Or wait a little longer between changes

belvedere

Yes sir, that'll work fine!

Unknown XJ

Well, there's this way too.......

Courtesy of macgyver35:


Personally,
rather then draining the pan 4 or 5
times, I prefer the "let the granny
pump do the work" method.
Disconnect the upper transmission
line from the radiator. Push a 4-5
foot length of hose onto the fitting on
the radiator and drop the other end
in a 5 gallon bucket.
Tips: A length of old 5/8" garden hose
works for this. Use a worm clamp to
hold the hose on the fitting. Trust
me, you don't want this coming
loose. Place a 3" C- clamp or some
other contraption on the rim of the
bucket to hold the end of the hose a
couple inches inside the top of the
bucket. Again, you don't want this
coming loose.
Stick a decent sized funnel in the fill
tube for the tranny and arm yourself
with 8-10 quarts of the proper ATF.
Now you need a helper.
Have the helper start the engine and
keep their foot on the brake. As soon
as they do, your old black fluid will
start coming out of the hose into the
bucket. Your job is to pour new fluid
down the fill hole at the same rate its
coming out of the hose. Don't worry
about being exact, just keep the
funnel full. Keep watch of the fluid
going into the bucket. It should start
looking better. After your first gallon,
have your friend, with e-brake and
foot brake both applied, shift through
the full range of gears, stopping for
about a 4 count at each spot. Once
he's at the bottom, he can put it in
Park for the rest of the process.
When you see nice red fluid coming
out of the hose, stop filling the
funnel and let it empty. About 5
seconds after it does, have your
friend kill the engine.
Hook everything back up. You've just
done a complete, or nearly complete
change of your fluid, including all that
sits in the torque converter! This
method is a " forward flush" as
apposed to a "reverse flush" that
many shops do. The forward flush I'd
far less likely to damage all the seals
in the tranny and is gentler on things
as it uses the tranny's own pump and
normal operating pressures to do the
flush!
Once you're done and everything is
buttoned up, take it for about a 15
mile drive to get everything up to full
hot. Check and top off your fluid as
necessary.

And in case you are wondering, it is
as fun as it sounds.

jj1562

Thx for posting unknown, I couldn't remember who the op was, I wish I could have done it this way, but my wife would have been pissed if I woke her up at 7 am to help lol