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Sep 7, 2011 | 03:10 PM

fyerser

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filling e4od from empty

I pulled the e4od out of one truck and have swapped it into another one. I do not know how much transmission fluid I lost in the swap. I had the transfer case off, and I took the pan off and went ahead and changed out the filter. I want to know how to fill it back up the right way, I'm afraid I'll put too little or too much.

Should I put 5 quarts in, and crank it, and keep checking the dipstick and keep adding more? I'm thinking that when they are cold or off they show more thans fluid than when they are warm. Or should I crank it and wait until it gets warm before I add more? But won't that hurt it if it's super low?

I need to know asap, I need to put it in today, and get it on the road again today.

thanks.

Sep 7, 2011 | 03:43 PM

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Dump in 5 quarts, fire it up, add until in the hash marks.

Sep 7, 2011 | 04:24 PM

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add while it's sitting there running, before it gets warm?

Sep 7, 2011 | 05:44 PM

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Okay I've had the truck running and I've been adding trans fluid, I'm afraid to let the truck get warm until I've got it close to full. I've put in 10 quarts so far including the first 5 quarts, does this seem like too much? After I put in the last quart I checked it again and it's still showing nothing in he dipstick.

Sep 7, 2011 | 06:02 PM

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You are getting excited for no reason.

Keep adding until the fluid appears in the crosshatch area.
Even if you add too much it's no big deal, crack a cooler line and let some dribble out.

Sep 7, 2011 | 06:54 PM

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Well I've always heard overfilling a transmission will damage it, and I don't want to buy ANOTHER transmission, so I am just trying to be safe. What is annoying is everytime I put trans fluid in it, it coats the dipstick tube hole, and everytime I try and check it it's got trans fluid smeared all the way up the stick.. and that makes me want to punch a baby monkey. And I don't want to punch a baby monkey, they're cute.

Sep 7, 2011 | 08:41 PM

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If it's a few quarts low when you fire it up, you're not going to toast anything. I always fill it up to the full mark (engine off) and then fire it up and check to see where I'm at. Usually takes one or two more.
These things hold 16 to 18 quarts on a rebuild and if you had most everything drained, except the t/c, then you should be closing in on it with 10 quarts already down the hatch.