by 02slera » Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:37 pm
Mine is now done, i drove the front wheels up ramps, disconnected a transmission line from the radiator, aimed it at a bucket/pan and had my brother start the car as i watched the fluid come flowing out, when the fluid started to sputter out i had him shut the engine off, i then installed my fluid cooler and hooked up all the lines (except one because i wanted to do a little more flushing later), i then dropped the pan from the bottom of the transmission and cleaned it and replaced the filter and gasket, i reinstalled the pan (43 in/lbs torque) and i added 1.5-2 quarts of amsoil universal ATF through the fill tube, i zip tied the one line (left loose earlier) in a position so it would flow into the bucket/pan under the car and had my brother start the car again, and as the fluid came flowing out i added new fluid in the top, now as i was adding fluid i could look down in front of the engine and see the fluid coming out the bottom and when it seems to be new fluid coming out i had my brother turn the engine off. from this point i added another couple quarts and began the series of check and add fluid to get it just right. For anyone who may not know... too much transmission fluid is a very bad thing, you need to get it just right.
2002 Solara SLE v6
