Hello, I am going to change the fluid soon, I have 4Q of SP and will be ordering LV to finish the fluid change. I have Ford filters

$3.92 LV Motorcraft Transmission fluid LV XT-10-QLVC


These links state that I can take off one of the trans lines and direct the flow to a bucket full of fluid, turn on the truck and let the trans suck up the new fluid. Then once I have pushed out the old fluid, plug up the system and add the rest of the fluid in.

would you follow them?

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Thank you

 

Here is what I have done twice.

You will need about 18 to 20 quarts of fluid.

Drain or remove (only if you are going to change the internal filter) the tranny pan. Refill with 10 quarts of new fluid.

Just forward of the in line filter, there is a piece of hose (I believe it is 1/2" hose) about 4" long. Remove the clamp on the end toward the filter and let drain in at least a 10 quart container. You should get less then a quart. When it stops draining, plug the line going toward the tranny cooler and put a piece of hose on the line from the filter. Have someone start the motor (I use my remote start). New fluid will be pumped from the pan through the torque converter and then to the catch container. This will not take long so watch closely for new fluid and when you see it, turn the motor off. If you can, measure the amount of fluid that you drained from the pan and the amount in the catch container. Do the math and add fluid as required. I don't recall exactly what my numbers were but I believe I added about 3 to 4 quarts after I did the math. Just take your time and DO NOT OVERFILL

This method is not as comprehensive as a dealer tranny hot flush but you change about 90% of the fluid.

DSMMH

 

For the $133 my dealer charged it is not worth my time or trouble.

 

One dealer in my area quoted $265. I about punched him. Going to check a couple of other local dealerships.

Jason

 

In my opinion if you can get it for 200 or less it is a good deal. For 20 qts. at $3.92 smokersteve will have with tax just under a hundred bucks in fluid. If crawling around under the truck for X amount of time and if you should run the tranny dry and screwing something up is worth the difference to you then go ahead. I hope it works out. Just not worth the hassle for the diff. and risk for me. If I was in an area like Bismic where no one has the machine, I would use his method in draining the pan at each oil change and changing the external filter every other oil change. Hope I got that right Mark. However that is the route that I would take.

 

That is probably what you are going to find. The key is to makes sure they are actually going to "flush" the whole system rather than dump the pan and replace one or both of the filters.
69cj has the best deal going.

 

My $133 did not include any filters. I changed the ext. filter when I got home. No reason to do anything with the internal filter. Nothing more than a screen door.

 

I did my mine about 3k miles ago, i had a lift though, i replaced the in-line filter and in-pan filter, gave me a chance to see if there was any shavings in my pan, and im happy to say there wasnt

 

The link is wrong. The trans will NOT suck up the new fluid.

 

I just recieved a $50 off for a 30k, 60k or 90k interval services. I might use this.

I am willing to do more work to save $$$ also.

Thanks for the helping me out