gearbox

iTrader: (95)

ORIGINALLY POSTED BY VOICEOFID

first of all, i like to thank JmD_1901 for comming by and helping me on all the work and stuff, you the man!

this is a diy to change the fluid, not overhaul, over haul require flushing the whole system. this change only changes most of the atf, it does nothing to the atf that was inside your torque converter


ATF should be changed every 48000 miles or 48 months, under regular conditions. and it should be changed every 24000 miles, or 24 months in severe conditions (a lot of stop/go traffic, pizza delivery, hot weather conditions etc...)

Materials:
at least 2 clean shop rags. heck, make it 4
3/8 inch drive socket wrench, no sockets needed
3.1 quarts of ATF
something to catch old ATF
jack stands
relieable jack
shop light

1. turn on the car

2. warm it up till the radiator fan comes on

3. shut it off

4. keep the vehicle on a flat surface

5. go under the tranny and locate the bolt (might have to jack it up to see and such..)





remove the tranny drain bolt, it's the only bolt with a gasket and square shape drive, it's hard to see, it's right next to the sub frame, and a 3/8th socket wrench fits right into the square drive




6. remove the bolt, it requires a little bit of muscle

7. catch the atf (it maybe hot) fluid, make sure you have a clean towel around to clean up any mess. and make sure you have something to catch the fluid with



8. while the fluid is draining, look at the bolt you just removed, it has a magnet at the end, clean all that nasty shavings off of it





9. after all fluid has been emptied, put the bolt back in, and clean around the area

10. torque the bolt down to 36lbs

11. refill the transmission with new atf, with 3 quarts at first, and check the level when hot, then add more as necessary