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Kilgore Trout

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I am installing a UPR Blue Thunder shifter that Dan Soprano was kind enough to donate to my cause for the cost of shipping only and I want to change the trans fluid at the same time. Can I just pour the 4 quarts through the top of the trans while I have the shifter off?

BTW, Dan YOU ROCK!!!

 

Mach1Run

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Thats the way I have done it before.

 

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Thanks very much for the quick response

 

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yes sir you can.

anybody remember the thread i made about tranny fluid?

 

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Stang|ess said:

anybody remember the thread i made about tranny fluid?

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Link please.

 

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Yes you can.

 

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Just did it

Finishing up shifter install now

 

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yep

 

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Yes. It's actually the EASIEST way to fill up the transmission with fluid. I don't do it any other way.

 

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Oh man, I am liking the new shifter

Very noisy though, time for some Cobra Bob Shifter Gaskets

 

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Yep I remove my shifter whenever I change the fluid because it is actually easier than putting it in the fill plug. I had to use a little pump to do it that way and it took forever. Just keep some RTV around to re-seal the shifter.

 

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Kilgore Trout said:

I am installing a UPR Blue Thunder shifter that Dan Soprano was kind enough to donate to my cause for the cost of shipping only and I want to change the trans fluid at the same time. Can I just pour the 4 quarts through the top of the trans while I have the shifter off?

BTW, Dan YOU ROCK!!!

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Not a Problem bro! That thing was just sitting around the garage after I got the MGW. What trans fluid did you go with? I had ALOT of luck with the GM Syncromesh over the ford crap.

 

Dan_Soprano

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Oh man, I am liking the new shifter

Very noisy though, time for some Cobra Bob Shifter Gaskets

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Yeah, it is noisy. Even the MGW is noisy, but the Shifter Gaskets helped out a bit. Price you have to pay for an aftermarket shifter I guess.

 

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I went with Mobil 1 synthetic ATF.

It said "Dexron III ONLY!" right on the side of the trans and the Mobil 1 ATF complies with the Dexron III spec.

My second choice was the GM Synchromesh... I went with my first choice.

 

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Well aren't you just a modifying fool... first a firewall adjuster and now this. Teh Kewbra won't know what hit it!!!

 

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X pipe is next... My cats are clogged, big time...

 

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today an x pipe tomorrow a kenne belle! :o.

how often should one change the tranny fluid? I'm going to be putting on a cobra bob gasket kit so I might just change the fluid. I did it once at 15,000 then again at 25,000 and right now I'm at 34,000.

 

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If it ain't one thing its another. How many miles are on this car anyway? And how do you know the cat's are plugged? Just curious

 

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Mileage is 23k, previous owner was a little old lady who only drove it to church on Sundays.

Symptoms of clogged cats:
-loss of power
-skunky smell after driving
-cats are discolored blue like motorcycle headers

Clogged cats are very common on Terminators...

 

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Killy I would suggest repacking the grease on the shifter before install. I liked that shifter a lot, and miss it some times even with my MGW.