ok i don't wanna pay the transmission guys to change my fluid for 80 dollars and i can change all the other fluids and this one can't be too hard.I need to know all the details on how to take it out and put the new stuff in.And also there is a filter i need to know how to change that and what to look out for.And what kinda tranny fluid should i put in it the car has a shift kit.

 

my father never changes it.....dunno something about leaven auto trans alone b/c every time he did it, the trans failed....good think i like sticks.

 

You can pull the pan and get abt 3-4 quarts changed. Problem is the torque converter holds 9 qts or so, plus what's in your tranny cooler,lines and passages all stays in. Suppose you could pull the pan abt 5 times and get most of the old stuff out.

I've heard of people drilling a hole in the converter to drain it, then welding it back up. I wouldn't do it though.

I took mine to a local oil change place. They hooked up a fluid exchanger machine in series with the tranny cooler lines and pumped in new fluid as the old came out. Worked well. I could see the old stuff as it came out and went into the "old" oil recovery tank. It looked a lot darker than it did on the dipstick. Cost was $60.
They pumped abt 5 gals of fluid thru the tranny. That's at least $30 worth right there. Not too bad a deal really.

When I got home, I pulled the pan and replaced the filter.

Total costs abt $80 and I'm confident its all clean in there.

That was abt 10,000 miles ago, and I haven't seen any problems yet.