Originally Posted By: 01_celica_gt
Originally Posted By: supton
Originally Posted By: Trav
Most Japanese cars use hoses with clamps at the radiator so its no big deal to remove the return and let the transmissions pump do the job for you.
Let it pump till you see air bubbles then stop the engine and refill, repeat until the fluid coming out is the same as going in.
Fill the transmission to the correct level and that's the job done
If you get bubbles, isn't the pump run dry, and thus it's a bad thing?
this is my main concern too, running things dry, so can someone clear this up for me?
You could do 2-3 shorter start-stop cycles and add fresh ATF before the bubbles start, and when the new fresh color starts coming out, finally stop the engine and add new ATF to the required levels.
That being said, I have done a ton of drain and refill jobs on panthers with or without U-Haul pans with the drain plug, also mightyvac only and replenish. Nothing went wrong ever. Replenishing is not that bad being that motor oil or ATF in my limited experience.
Originally Posted By: supton
Originally Posted By: Trav
Most Japanese cars use hoses with clamps at the radiator so its no big deal to remove the return and let the transmissions pump do the job for you.
Let it pump till you see air bubbles then stop the engine and refill, repeat until the fluid coming out is the same as going in.
Fill the transmission to the correct level and that's the job done
If you get bubbles, isn't the pump run dry, and thus it's a bad thing?
this is my main concern too, running things dry, so can someone clear this up for me?
You could do 2-3 shorter start-stop cycles and add fresh ATF before the bubbles start, and when the new fresh color starts coming out, finally stop the engine and add new ATF to the required levels.
That being said, I have done a ton of drain and refill jobs on panthers with or without U-Haul pans with the drain plug, also mightyvac only and replenish. Nothing went wrong ever. Replenishing is not that bad being that motor oil or ATF in my limited experience.