Auto Transmission capacity and fluid...
#2
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Fluid type is specified as ATF +3. But you can run whatever you want depending on what sort of feel you want from the shifting. Type F ATF will produce the firmest shifts. And I think Dexron/Mercon is the slickery-est, producing the softest shifts. I can't recommend that.
As for how much...I can't remember. It seems like a lot. I have a double deep Mag Hytec pan on mine...seems like a total fluid change was around 20 quarts. That would of course include fluid in the torque converter and the cooling circuit. I think the pan is 6 quarts extra(?) so maybe 14 quarts for a total change? I can check when I get home.
As for how much...I can't remember. It seems like a lot. I have a double deep Mag Hytec pan on mine...seems like a total fluid change was around 20 quarts. That would of course include fluid in the torque converter and the cooling circuit. I think the pan is 6 quarts extra(?) so maybe 14 quarts for a total change? I can check when I get home.
#5
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Ok. Here's the sequence I use:
Total is usually 17 Quarts - Drain Pan, Add 10 Quarts, Remove Rear Transmission Line & Hook up hose, Run Engine in Neutral and Remove 4 Quarts, Add 4 Quarts, Run Engine in Neutral and Remove 2 Quarts, Add 3 Quarts.
This drains the torque converter and cooling circuit of the old fluid. Keep in mind that this for a Mag-Hytek Double Deep pan. It's 4 quarts over the stock pan. So total capacity for my system is around 17 quarts. Total for a stock system would be around 12 or 13 quarts.
So procedure for a normal pan would be:
Total is usually 13 Quarts - Drain Pan, Add 6 Quarts, Remove Rear Transmission Line & Hook up hose, Run Engine in Neutral and Remove 4 Quarts, Add 4 Quarts, Run Engine in Neutral and Remove 2 Quarts, Add 3 Quarts.
Type F fluid isn't thicker than Dexron. It's "stickier." It has "friction modifiers that makes it "grabbier" on the clutch materials than other fluids. That's how you end up with firmer shifts.
Total is usually 17 Quarts - Drain Pan, Add 10 Quarts, Remove Rear Transmission Line & Hook up hose, Run Engine in Neutral and Remove 4 Quarts, Add 4 Quarts, Run Engine in Neutral and Remove 2 Quarts, Add 3 Quarts.
This drains the torque converter and cooling circuit of the old fluid. Keep in mind that this for a Mag-Hytek Double Deep pan. It's 4 quarts over the stock pan. So total capacity for my system is around 17 quarts. Total for a stock system would be around 12 or 13 quarts.
So procedure for a normal pan would be:
Total is usually 13 Quarts - Drain Pan, Add 6 Quarts, Remove Rear Transmission Line & Hook up hose, Run Engine in Neutral and Remove 4 Quarts, Add 4 Quarts, Run Engine in Neutral and Remove 2 Quarts, Add 3 Quarts.
Type F fluid isn't thicker than Dexron. It's "stickier." It has "friction modifiers that makes it "grabbier" on the clutch materials than other fluids. That's how you end up with firmer shifts.
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