![]() ![]() I'll consolidate some of my old postings here for completeness. Make sure you button everything up, clean your tools and wipe all the spilled fluid and you are done! I then installed the grill and signal lights. If you have too much fluid, you can pull the aux cooler hose again to flush some out. Once you get back, check it again and add if needed. If it is good, take it for a drive to warm it up. It should be around the cold mark on the dipstick. Leaving the van running, check the fluid level. You can at this time run the gear selector through the gear to make sure fluid is pumped all around. Once all the fluid is clean, install the hose back onto the aux cooler and start the van, checking for leaks. It took me 15 quarts to complete this task. Keep doing this until the fluid being pumped out is clean. Run until you pump about 2 or 3 quarts out. You'll get fluid pumping out one of the lines. Roll the drivers window down and reach through starting your van. You also need a catch pan (same one I used for the filter change job) and something to set it on to get it near the cooler unless you run the hose to the ground. Add a short length of hose to the aux cooler where you pulled the line off of. Remove the aux cooler hose that goes to the return line to the tranny. It would be a pain so install an aux cooler and do it that way! If you don't have an aux cooler, that should be done now! If not, you'll have to pull the top cooler line from the radiator and place a hose on the rad fitting and over the rad support. Remove the grill so you have access to the aux cooler. If you have a standard pan, only add 5 quarts. Now find the tranny dipstick and fit a funnel. Wipe everything down and then it's time to place the van back on the ground so you can add fluid. I go around and check them twice to make sure I didn't miss one. The case is aluminum and you can strip the threads out. If you don't have a torque wrench, just make them snug. Finally, tighten to 10 foot-pounds or 120 inch-pounds. Once all the bolts are started run them up snug using a criss-cross pattern. Now you can place the new gasket on the pan and hold it in place with a few bolts and install it on the tranny. If it is loose or falls out, replace the seal. Insert the new filter using a slight twisting motion and light force. ![]() Now that the tranny has dripped off for about 20 minutes or so, climb back under with the new filter after applying some fresh tranny fluid on the neck so it slides in the seal easily. ![]() The one on the left is from the old SPB and is standard height. I used NAPA filter kits and they include a rubber gasket. This is very important to know as the filter kit is specific. Now, lets discuss the difference in the pans. I did a filter change last year, about 18k miles ago. The fluid is dark but does not smell burnt. ![]() I have a few chunks but they are from the rust that was on the rag I threw in the pan. You will see some fine material on it but there should be no chunks. Here is what it'll look like on the bench after dumping most of the fluid out. Now is a great time to clean the pan and check for debris. At this time I let the tranny drip off for a while. If it is smooth and still soft, no need to replace it. Run your finger in there and feel if it is smooth. Where the filter came out of will be the seal. The filter comes straight down with a light twisting motion. Once it's out, you will see the guts with a filter covering them. You may have to shift it to the passenger side to clear the shift cable mount bracket. I then drop it down trying to keep it level. I hold it up tight with one hand and remove the bolts with the other. Once the fluid is mostly drained, drop the pan the rest of the way. The pan might start dropping and you WILL have fluid all over the place. Then loosen slightly the bolts on the opposite side. Start loosening the bolts on one side about 1/2 way. Remove most of the bolts holding the pan on leaving 3 or 4 bolts tight. You then need a large catch pan for the fluid as well as a 13mm socket, 6" extension and a ratchet and/or air ratchet. These jack stands are rated at 6 ton each. Here is a pic from when we worked on Dunedog's van. I had the front end up for the front gear swap so it was already supported. Here is how it's done:įirst thing is to jack the van up and support on jack stands. I decided I needed to flush all the fluid out of the tranny rather than just change the filter and the 6 - 8 quarts in the pan. ![]()
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