'93 Auto tranny filter change

No matter what you do its gonna be messy since the pans don't have a drain plug.

I would support the transmission with a jack and drop the cross member, its not hard. When taking the pan off you want to let it down on one end first. That way you have a little more control of where the fluid runs out from. I would take the bolts out of one end of the pan, which ever is the lowest end to start with is best. Then start taking the bolts on the sides of the pan out and let the one end hang down and drain most of the fluid out.

After it has drained take the rest of the bolts out, keep in mind that there is gonna be some fluid still in the pan. And it will continue to drip off the filter and valve body while you are under there so where some old clothes that you don't mind turning pink from the fluid.

Unless you are doing a full fluid change, converter and all, you don't need 3 gallons of fluid. I can't remember the exact amount for a filter change but definitely not 3 gallons.

been a long time since i did the swap my auto for a 5sp but i know i didn't remove the xmember when i changed the filter and fluid.

You can do it without dropping the xmember but is a pita