DIY transmission fluid change
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Thanks for all the help and dealing with my stupid questions, im bringing my car with me for the last 2 months of college and just want to take care of everything that needs to be done to be driving back and forth from New York and Ohio a few times a month. I am ordering the fluid from parts geek
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here's online source of gasket for drainplug: they can be found cheaper I laugh at the one I have on my keyring for use next summer: paid 1.13 for it at Lexus dealer!
http://www.fcpgroton.com/product-exe...ategory_id/126
http://www.fcpgroton.com/product-exe...ategory_id/126
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I'm doing the ATF drain and fill right now. I have the A541E transmission which has a drain plug for the main ATF pan and a drain plug for the differential. Both use the 10mm Allen Key. I removed the main plug and drained the fluid, but the differential is a lot trickier. There is not much clearance for your tools, because the cross member gets in the way, so I'm gonna attempt using a swivel adapter. Somebody on here suggested trimming the actual hex key a little bit, but I don't have the tools to do that. Oh well....
Note: Do NOT remove the ATF drain bolt all the way when draining the fluid. Loosen it and let the fluid come out. I foolishly removed it all the way and had quite a big mess to clean up. Luckily, it didn't look like I lost too much, so I can still accurately measure how much I drained.
Note: Do NOT remove the ATF drain bolt all the way when draining the fluid. Loosen it and let the fluid come out. I foolishly removed it all the way and had quite a big mess to clean up. Luckily, it didn't look like I lost too much, so I can still accurately measure how much I drained.
Last edited by Hayk; 02-29-12 at 04:14 PM.
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did u had any problem removing the nut with 10mm allen key? my bolt is soooooo damn tight from previous trasnmission shop i gone to.
. i think mine have stripped a tiny tiny bit. I dont want to make the same mistake as i did on the IACV sensor screws. so i will let the transmission guys do it for a small fee.
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2. I'm not sure if the plug will be the same. I'm suspecting that if you have the same transmission as me, then it will be. I have the A541E - it's written on the sticker of your driver's door.
I ended up not opening the differential. There was just no way to break the bolt loose with the tools that I had. So I decided to leave it for next time. Just draining the transmission yielded 2 quarts and 26 ounces, which is 2.8125 qt. It might have been more, since as I said previously, some of it spilled on the floor. Oh and the fluid looked very dark in my measuring cup, but still red if you wiped it on a white paper towel.
Here it is next to a tomato.
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For the life of me I can't figure out why some shops jackhammer those bolts on with the torque that they do. I actually had to use an impact wrench to get one bolt off of another vehicle...