[Shotimes] Tranny flush

[Paul Nimz]

After running the fluid till it quits coming out he cooler line the tranny
pan will not be empty.  It will still have about a gallon in the pan.  But
this is the time to drop the pan and change the filter.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy" <jeremy@carrieandjeremy.com>
To: "'ROBERT SCHIRMER'" <1surferbum@msn.com>; <SHOTIMES@autox.team.net>;
<bjshov8@comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Tranny flush


> One thing about the ATX SHO's - It's easy to change the fluid yourself!
> Disconnect the input line to the tranny cooler up front (probably on the
> drivers side; though mine was on the passenger for some reason), and point
> it to a pan or jug.  I use a gallon jug so I know how much fluid comes
out.
> Once you've drained a gallon, button her back up and dump a gallon of new
> fluid down the dipstick tube.
>
> I use SuperTech ATF (might switch to synthetic after a rebuild, not sure),
> so changing a gallon of ATF every oil change only adds 10 minutes and
about
> $5 to the oil change.
>
> Another tip I'm going to try:  Once you've drained that gallon or so of
> fluid out of the tranny, the pan should be pretty much empty.  This would
be
> a GREAT time to drop the pan and change your filter if you are so
inclined.
>
> Hope this helps. :)
>
> Jeremy
> '94 Opal ATX 116k
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROBERT SCHIRMER [mailto:1surferbum@msn.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:10 PM
> To: SHOTIMES@autox.team.net; bjshov8@comcast.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Tranny flush
>
> Any thoughts on getting a '93 ATX POWER flushed, with 130,000+ miles on
it??
> It has had the pan dropped and a new tranny filter placed a couple of
times,
> but nothing recently. Am I living on borrowed time with the original
tranny,
> and should I just let life take its course on the tranny??  I thought I
had
> heard not to flush the tranny once it got a certain mileage/age on it,
cause
> it will dislodge some sludge that may get caught in places it doesn't
> belong???
>
> Thanks
> Bob
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