Transmission pan capacity?
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Transmission pan capacity?
Hey guys I was wanting to drain my trans pan and refill with new fluid. I was curious what the pan capacity is. With my 6.0 I did the drain and refill every 10,000-15,000 miles depending on how hard I worked it in those miles. It always drained out bright red and shifted like new until I had a T/C failure at 278,000 miles.
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I've always done this on my work trucks. I believe it works. I started doing it when I figured out that was what my ford dealer was doing when they charged me $170 for a flush. They were just draining the 8qts in the pan $40 in fluid and charging me out the ying yang. I found on my 6.0 if I changed it at least every 15,000 it always comes out bright red. If you leave it in there for 150,000 miles it will surely come out black and burnt. I do it just for peace of mind really. From what I've learned talking to some tranny builders is that the number one killer of auto trannys is heat. No 2 is dirty burnt oil. Really its cheap insurance. I got 278k out of my 5r110 in the 6.0 and most of that was running a 120hp tune and towing so I'm a believer. Just my $.02.
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