06-14-2024, 11:21 AM
Transmission Drain and Fill
Went as expected with a few minor snags along the way:
1. My driveway slopes down towards the street a bit, so I figured instead of using the ramps and a couple jack stands that I could place the ramps at the end of the slope and driving up on that would level the car. Good theory, but at first the underneath of the front bumper wouldn't clear the ramps, so I had to move the ramps towards the incline a bit to solve that problem.
2. The 17mm hex bolt for draining wouldn't budge with my 3/8" drive ratchet, so I used one of my hollow weightlifting bars to slide over the ratchet as a breaker bar - success!! I also used the same method for the T55 fill plug.
3. Couldn't really fit my hand too well in the tight space to grab the fill plug after loosening, so I surgically removed that with some long handle needle-nosed pliers. Not sure where it would have ended up if I dropped it and didn't want to find out.
4. This one is the icing on the cake. When tightening the T40 level plug I felt it starting to round out a little, so I may need to do an extraction on that for the next drain and fill.
I guess a short break and a test drive is up next.
Went as expected with a few minor snags along the way:
1. My driveway slopes down towards the street a bit, so I figured instead of using the ramps and a couple jack stands that I could place the ramps at the end of the slope and driving up on that would level the car. Good theory, but at first the underneath of the front bumper wouldn't clear the ramps, so I had to move the ramps towards the incline a bit to solve that problem.
2. The 17mm hex bolt for draining wouldn't budge with my 3/8" drive ratchet, so I used one of my hollow weightlifting bars to slide over the ratchet as a breaker bar - success!! I also used the same method for the T55 fill plug.
3. Couldn't really fit my hand too well in the tight space to grab the fill plug after loosening, so I surgically removed that with some long handle needle-nosed pliers. Not sure where it would have ended up if I dropped it and didn't want to find out.
4. This one is the icing on the cake. When tightening the T40 level plug I felt it starting to round out a little, so I may need to do an extraction on that for the next drain and fill.
I guess a short break and a test drive is up next.
