how to completely flush transmission?
06-04-2003, 04:06 PM
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how to completely flush transmission?
I will be doing a shift kit and converter soon. I know I will get a lot of the old fluid out that way, but is there a way to get it all flushed out? Everything out of the lines, pump, radiator, etc?
I hate to switch to trick shift and have it contaminated by the old stuff still in the lines...
I hate to switch to trick shift and have it contaminated by the old stuff still in the lines...
06-04-2003, 04:15 PM
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Originally posted by Gripenfelter
You have to pump it out of the converter.
Usually a reputable tranny place will have a special machine for this.
You have to pump it out of the converter.
Usually a reputable tranny place will have a special machine for this.
06-04-2003, 06:03 PM
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Well if you are replacing the converter and doing a shift kit you should get all of it, or am I wrong? New converter with fresh ATF, and you have to drop the valve body for the shiftkit. I recently did this, and feel like I got all of the old fluid out of there, but then again, there may be somewhere else that it gets trapped, I dunno. I guess you could just blow air through the cooler lines to get all the fluid out of it.
John
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06-04-2003, 07:25 PM
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Originally posted by FastZinTennessee
Well if you are replacing the converter and doing a shift kit you should get all of it, or am I wrong? New converter with fresh ATF, and you have to drop the valve body for the shiftkit. I recently did this, and feel like I got all of the old fluid out of there, but then again, there may be somewhere else that it gets trapped, I dunno. I guess you could just blow air through the cooler lines to get all the fluid out of it.
John
Well if you are replacing the converter and doing a shift kit you should get all of it, or am I wrong? New converter with fresh ATF, and you have to drop the valve body for the shiftkit. I recently did this, and feel like I got all of the old fluid out of there, but then again, there may be somewhere else that it gets trapped, I dunno. I guess you could just blow air through the cooler lines to get all the fluid out of it.
John
Also, is there residual fluid left int he pump even after the pan and valve body are off and the converter is out?
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