Easy guide, straight to the point. Drained the old fluid, replaced filter, rubbed some ATF on both sides of the new gasket to make it slip in place. Cross tightened it, refilled 4 quarts and checked oil level with the engine oil dipstick trick (look it up). The transmission now acts as new. It was slamming the gears between first and second, and was overall a little slow. Now it's a super smooth ride. Don't believe the manufacturers saying how the ATF is for lifetime and don't have to be replaced. No oil or fluid lasts for ever in an engine. It's being abused in there. Take care of your car, and it will last for a long time. Thanks for the video.
I have a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan that I bought new. So it's nine years old at the time of this post. It currently has 20,000 miles on it. I do this service every year. My fluid is nice and clean. I believe in servicing my transmission regularly. It's an easy thing to do and can save you a lot of headaches by keeping the fluid and filter clean. The rest of my van is serviced like that. All fluids changed and clean at all times including brake fluid. I have a 1993 Buick Century that I have been driving for the last 29 years and it has been serviced in the same way. Change those fluids regularly and don't fall for that lifetime fluids B.S..
Me.....I would do this. It doesn't guarantee anything other than you have new fluid that works better than old fluid. I'm a believer of changing the fluid at least every 30,000 miles. As far as a dipstick.....There are videos on youtube how to use your engine oil dipstick to check your transmission fluid level. I have a 08 Lincoln MKZ and it has a drain hole and a hole under the air cleaner housing to fill the transmission. It also has a dipstick but according to the manual, your not to fill the transmission through the dipstick tube. It is restricted and takes a long time for fluid to go down the tube. I changed the oil in the Lincoln 2 times now and have had no problems. You have to be clean when your working with transmissions. The valves and passages have tight tolerances and dirt will affect their operation.
Do you happen to know what the relief valve is on top of the transmission. Right behind the line. You can pick it up and turn it 360. It looks like some sort of pressure relief valve.
Thanks so much for posting this great video. I'm hoping to be able to do this myself. My trans pan is leaking fluid, probably from a bad gasket. (2010 Chrysler T&C but only 47000 miles - everything's leaking, probably due to lack of use by first owner.) Anyway, the mechanic who recently inspected my vehicle says that "the other trans pan" is also leaking. Are there actually TWO? He referred to an upper and lower trans pan and told me that both need to be removed and components replaced (I assume he's referring to gaskets). However, he wants a LOT of money to do this service. From this video, it appears I might be able to service the one pan myself by following this tutorial. What about the second trans pan? 🤔 Thank you very much and thanks for the excellent video!
With engine at operating temperature, use the oil dipstick and the proper level should be between 1-5/8" to 2-1/8" from the bottom of the dipstick. There is a stop in the transmission service hole so the dipstick stops where it needs to for an accurate reading.
I have a 2016 town and country with 130K miles on it. I don't know if the transmission was serviced previously or not. Should I go ahead and service it or are the new ones like the old ones and it could be a death sentence?
I have a 2015 Chrysler Town and Country doing engine work and are kind of disappointed to see these have not a god darn drain plug like the oil pan?????WTF?
It seems 50/50 on changing the tranny fluid and leaving it alone. I had a tranny service on a 14 year old Buick and within a month the transmission went out. I need my Chrysler van to run forever but I'm afraid to service the transmission now with 148,000mi. I was changing the oil today and saw that the transmission pan may be seeping so I'll need to do something. I'm not sure ignoring it like all the older mechanics are telling me will work
First off why would anyone do this? Doing this on a high mileage transmission almost guarantees complete failure of transmission. Plus according to text you should check transmission fluid with a dipstick. This vehicle has no transmission dipstick
I got 238k miles on my 2014 chrysler 300 and did a filter and 5.5 qt fluid change. The car runs smoother and has better response shifting. All of that old news from before about not changing trans fluid on an older car is fake news.
The failure comes when shoddy garages do a flush without changing the filter and cleaning the pan first. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xxS5dij2fNw.html. You can buy a dipstick with a chart that will tell you how much fluid to fill it with.
