Ok, you have my attention. Where do you do this?

 

What, buy the fluid? I got my last bag @ Rock Auto but any parts store should be able to order it. And it is a 6 gallon bag, not 5. By the bag is about half price vs buying quarts retail. And no one store I have found stocks enough transmission fluid of the same brand & type to do a full fluid exchange.

 

Do they sell Mercon V in 6 gallon bags ? Didn't know they had this. Good tip !

 

Yes, and motor oil too

 

Added to the tech folder in the Ex forum.

Stewart

 

THAT is also awesome (as well as all the cross posts you'd done) because this is about the slickest "how-to" I've seen in a long-time... especially for something that is hard to do, not done right at the local dealer, and critical to longevity.

 

What we needed,i ask the mod over on the 6.0 side to add also, glad you shared the video.

 

Do they make Mercon SP in 6gallon bags?

 

Does anyone know what size the pan bolts are so when I go to buy longer ones?

 

This is great! I'm assuming it is the exact same process for the 6R140? Does anyone know if the intake tube size is the same?

 

The safest way to avoid cross threading is to remove one factory pan bolt and find a nut that fits it, then use the same nut on the new bolt. Be sure to run the nut all the way down both bolts to be double sure. Temporarily removing one bolt from your pan won't cause any leaks and can be replaced with no harm. Torque on the 5R110 is 11 ft lbs.

They are metric, but the new bolts measure about 1 1/4" thread length.

Frank

 

Added to the 6.0L forum Tech Folder

 

Thanks Frank.

 

One other thing I noticed is that the video says 3/4" ID tubing. Looking at the filter for my truck, I think you really need 3/4" OD tubing.

 

It's 3/4 OD,
Frank​​​​​​​