Change Transmission Fluid
Ordered all the material from Europarts SD, which included the fluid, filter, pan gasket, two new seals and lock pin. Purchased extra the adapter plug for the electrical connection. Drove front wheels on ramp and drained the torque convertor and pan. Nothing too tight or hard to get to, other than the low crossmember under the torque converter that was kinda in the way.
Here's my pan:
There were some metal flakes in the pan as well as a light whitish "slime" that someone else had mentioned having. Not sure what it was but cleaned up everything reinstalled. One hiccup I had was with the transmission plug adapter, as it wouldn't slide in. Here's a pic
Left is new, right is old. Seals were removed when I compared them. Notice how the slots are misaligned. I'm not sure why this is the case, but the old one would slide very easily into the connection while the new one wouldn't. After a while, I just put the new seals on the old plug. No issue installing it in and carefully torqued to specs.
Filling the fluid was a bit of a pain. Slow going, compared to engine oil. Started with 6.5 liters and after turning on, doing gear shifts in place and letting it idle for a few minutes, checked again and ending up filling to 7 liters, just like the service manual spec'd. With the new fluid, I'm hoping that I'll notice a reduction in RSN....
With that done, I removed the thin ply cargo headliner and fiberglass insulation, to start prepping the interior for new racking and paneling. Same time, considering the electrical layout, mainly the solar/battery/inverter combo, wiring run, final install location, yadayadayada...
Pioneer 3400NEX head unit delivered, along with sub and rear camera. Waiting on 4" JBL to replace dashboard speakers.
Ordered all the material from Europarts SD, which included the fluid, filter, pan gasket, two new seals and lock pin. Purchased extra the adapter plug for the electrical connection. Drove front wheels on ramp and drained the torque convertor and pan. Nothing too tight or hard to get to, other than the low crossmember under the torque converter that was kinda in the way.
Here's my pan:
There were some metal flakes in the pan as well as a light whitish "slime" that someone else had mentioned having. Not sure what it was but cleaned up everything reinstalled. One hiccup I had was with the transmission plug adapter, as it wouldn't slide in. Here's a pic
Left is new, right is old. Seals were removed when I compared them. Notice how the slots are misaligned. I'm not sure why this is the case, but the old one would slide very easily into the connection while the new one wouldn't. After a while, I just put the new seals on the old plug. No issue installing it in and carefully torqued to specs.
Filling the fluid was a bit of a pain. Slow going, compared to engine oil. Started with 6.5 liters and after turning on, doing gear shifts in place and letting it idle for a few minutes, checked again and ending up filling to 7 liters, just like the service manual spec'd. With the new fluid, I'm hoping that I'll notice a reduction in RSN....
With that done, I removed the thin ply cargo headliner and fiberglass insulation, to start prepping the interior for new racking and paneling. Same time, considering the electrical layout, mainly the solar/battery/inverter combo, wiring run, final install location, yadayadayada...
Pioneer 3400NEX head unit delivered, along with sub and rear camera. Waiting on 4" JBL to replace dashboard speakers.