This is my first post on the DTR site so please bear with me here. I was wondering as to which transmission I have. I need to get a transmission filter and they want to know which transmission I have. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, wheelo

 

92 OEM auto trans 4 speed overdrive = A518.

 

What Bill said And...Welcome to DTR!

greg

 

Is it possible to put a drain screw in the bottom of the transmission the pan?

wheelo

 

Yes, but everyone I've messed with always leaked. Plus I'm a believer in dropping the pan or removing the cover (as in differentials) and inspecting/cleaning things up/changing the filter in the case of the auto.

 

thanks everyone!! but my problem is, dropping the pan to change the filter, I always seem to get a nice bath in transmission fluid. I was looking for a way to drain the fluid, drop the pan, change the filter and put it all back together without the bath :}.

Wheelo

 

Next time you have the pan off, drill and tap a hole for a pipe thread plug. I've heard that back in the '50's when automakers first started building cars with automatic transmissions, they had plugs in the pan....but they quit doing that so that service techs would change the filter when changing the fluid.

 

Thanks I might just have to give that one a try!!

 

could get a mag hytec double deep with plug in it already.

 

I have the same concern. My cure was to confiscate a large tupper ware container from the XYL and place it under the pan before loosening. It catches most of the splash. An inch deep layer of oil dry does the rest.

 

i had my first douse-free tranny fluid change last time i changed the jeep. remove the bolts on the front end of the pan first. bring the front end down and let it drain before trying to remove the whole thing. keep bringing it lower untill you can get as much out as possible before removing the whole thing. when you are ready to dump it all, make sure you have a big pan to catch it in and dump it the same direction you were pouring it off in, preferably away from you!

 

that's what I do, but park on a diagonal downhill, and work from a corner lowering pan (with a 'wonder bar' - gasket scraper to pull down pan) while backing out screws

not fast, clean or e-z, the aftermarket pan might be worth it !! (not if you are cheaper than dirt and already have the 'super-duper' underbed tranny cooler)

I have too many IC engines in the fleet (over 20) PM's get laborious

 

Hey thanks everyone on the tips and I will SURELY give them a try. Hopefully no more fluid baths at least