Add trans fluid...

[Kilgore Trout]

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]

Thats the way I have done it before.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Thanks very much for the quick response

 

[Stang|ess]

yes sir you can.

anybody remember the thread i made about tranny fluid?

 

[Tally_4.6]

anybody remember the thread i made about tranny fluid?

Link please.

 

[DTNODYA]

Yes you can.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Just did it

Finishing up shifter install now

 

[urban96]

yep

 

[Kurgan]

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

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Oh man, I am liking the new shifter

Very noisy though, time for some Cobra Bob Shifter Gaskets

 

[Skidzz]

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.

 

[Dan_Soprano]

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!!!

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]

Oh man, I am liking the new shifter

Very noisy though, time for some Cobra Bob Shifter Gaskets

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.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

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.

 

[Matt's 03 GT]

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

 

[Kilgore Trout]

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

 

[Stang|ess]

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.

 

[Matt's 03 GT]

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

 

[Kilgore Trout]

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...

 

[myponyrocks]

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.