Jmac

I Can't seem to find the capacity of the ATF in the manual. anyone know. and is there is a difference in capacity amount and refill amount. If so what are they.

Amsoil has four different ATFs any users out there that know which one to get. Owners manual just says ATF+4. It appears that Synthetic Universal Automatic Transmission Fluid is the right one. Just want to be sure...it$ not cheap!!

any help would be great.

Jamie

cquestad

I would personally use the Mopar stuff...untill you void your warrenty with tranny work. Then the GM Dextron stuff is the way to go!

Jmac

Good point. I don't want to void that warranty!!

thanks for your help Cq
btw what is the capacity? how much do I need to buy?

Jamie

Mcmopar

What are you doing? Every time I do a valve body for someone we use 11-12 quarts to do the refill job. All have been 47R* trannies.

Jmac

the 30,000 service. (I don't know what I'm doing, can you tell?) I have the 48RE. So mabey based on the 47 about 12 quarts then?

PS I'm paying a friend/ASE mechanic to do it (he is good and trustworthy). I don't know how.

Jamie

Mcmopar

So he will probably change the filter, adjust the bands and fill her up? I would add the tranny drain plug kit, or get a pan with a drain plug, it will make life much better next time around.

Jmac

Three gallons it is. the drain kits are mabey out of my mechanical relm of abilities... until I can get someone to show me. Had a friend of mine change his own in my driveway in the sandy windy Florida weather. a weak later his tranny blew up!!

thanks for your help

Jamie

Mcmopar

Sounds coincidental, unless he messed up the bands. I cannot see anyone screwing up a filter and oil change.

Hannibal

I bought two gallons of ATF+4 from the local Chrysler Jeep dealership for $16.50 a gallon. After letting the truck sit from Friday to Sunday afternoon, I got right at two gallons out with just a pan drop. I lucked out on the estimate. I installed the B&M drain plug, filter and buttoned 'er up. Two gallons back in was just a tad high on the dipstick hot but didn't cause any problems. Mine was a 47RE. Same case as the 48RE. Pan drop fluid and filter change should be the same. The re-useable gasket makes it a breeze.
I personally would stick with ATF+4. It's API approved and DC approved. It works great and there's no benifit in going with something else. Just my ever so humble opinion.

Jmac

Sounds good, I've picked up the Mopar ATF+4.

Is a flush recomended for the first service. I have a Friend/ASE mechanic that has the flush equipment and will do it for $40. Or can you guys tell me how to do it, and what to expect. I sounds like droping the pan isn't hard but very messy. the oil that comes out is all the oil that gets removed, is that right?

Is replacing the filter just a matter of popping the old one off and putting the new one in.

Jamie