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Tranny fluid change, how to get to the converter plug???

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Old 03-16-2013, 01:53 PM
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Tranny fluid change, how to get to the converter plug???

In the "Old days" I could pull the one-and-only coil wire and triggger the starter motor to rotate the converter so the plug was at the bottom.
How do ya do this with COP engines so the engine does not start?
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why not install a simple kill switch? they can be pretty discreet
 
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But where to install a kill switch, I still need poewer to the 12v ignition system and starter.
 
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Does an 07 even have a convertor plug? Last I checked you had to use a flush machine to service late model F150
 
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This bodystyle of truck doesn't have a torque convertor drain plug. I use a breaker bar to turn the engine over at the harmonic balancer bolt on the older ones that did have them. I want to say 01 was the last year for the drains on an F150. Maybe someone else knows for sure but I know that's pretty close.
 
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