Recent content by bubbasmith91

I am at the point where tbh i am probably just going to pull the drain plug every other oil change and leave it alone otherwise. I got the car essentially for free, and it's going to need other work done soon to stay on the road - it seems one of my CV boots may have a rip developing, and...

Yes, I definitely am going to. I ordered the Beck Arnley filter/gasket pack with that Amazon haul as well, but unfortunately got let go from my job a few days after everything arrived. Plans shifted quite a bit when that happened, leading me to just pull the cooler line instead of having the...

I recently did part of what I was talking about in previous posts. Money is very very tight right now and quite frankly I've never dealt with a trans pan with gasket maker, I don't want to mess up the mating surfaces of the pan and underside of the trans doing it on my back on the ground - and...

Just out of curiosity, I SHOULD be doing a cooler line extraction from the return line going from the cooler to the trans, correct? I did it from the supply line coming off the trans before it entered the cooler, I don't think it really makes much difference but I am going to be doing it from...

I agree that it's a valve body issue. But it's 15 year old NJ car which makes it prime to rot out over the next 3-5yrs, so you can probably see why I'd like to tinker and see if I can't get it to resolve most of the way on it's own. I figure at best the cleaning additives and new fluid help to...

Update: Decided I was going to forego the filter change for now, and just pull the drain plug and replace what came out, because the Trans Tune has had about 200 miles to work through the trans by now. I bought a gallon of regular MaxLife - I figured a) I have the Lucas stuff if I really need...

This is how the fluid looks on a paper towel after pulling maybe 1/4oz out with the suction bulb and letting it drip onto the towel. This is after I've put 60 miles or so on it with the Trans Tune in it. It smells quite a bit different than the bottle of Castrol Import MV I have sitting here...

Crawled under the car tonight to do an oil change on it myself for the first time (took it to my mechanic a couple weeks after I got it for it's first oil change under my ownership because I didn't feel like crawling on the ground in the cold.) Also put this (SF Trans Tune) in tonight as well...

The only thing it shows is that a P0734 occurs when the car slips too many times in quick succession. According to Rockauto this does have a removable sump filter, it looks like it goes up into the valve body the same way the filter on a 4r70 does. I'm planning on replacing the filter and...

That's what I initially thought when I first got it, but I've put almost 12k on it. It hasn't gotten really any worse in terms of symptom severity or occurrence, just a couple more little oddball things started happening. The 4r75 in the Crown Victoria blew up within 1500 miles or so of it...

Its the 4cyl, think its like a 1.6 or 2.0L. I have read about valve bodies in these trans in general sticking. I am wondering how much a replacement VB would be, if it's even possible to find a new/reman for one at this point if that's the route I have to go. I'm not sure how long ago Hyundai...

Would Lubegard Red or Platinum also be advisable in my case to add to the fresh fluid? I've seen it highly recommended on here as well.

I am on a Hyundai forum and they swear up and down about SP-III, but I've also seen it mainly referred to in terms of warranty. This is obviously long out of warranty so I'm not super concerned about staying with SP-III, because I've read around that SP-III is pretty trash. I believe it was on...

I'm not saying the fluid change directly will cause the transmission to go, but I'm fearful about the age old "change the fluid, no more clutch material emulsified in the fluid, trans slips way more than it did and burns up" issue.

Yes, removable pan and filter, also has a drain plug on the pan.