Trans fluid and filter change

[Rileysowner]

LOL. Yes it is done. I will still have to get the van level and check the fluid level. I wish there was another way to fill though as it seems forever before the fluid has all run in and the dipstick is no longer picking it up on the way in or out. Tomorrow is another day. I have it back together and hopefully everything works. On the positive side no metal flakes, or worse yet pieces, in the pan. Fluid looked good, and now with the drain it will be so much easier next time.

Our local Princess Auto was out of them. I will get them when they come in stock again.

[kings-x59]

I dub thee "Certified Grease Monkey"...


Lumpy

You sang all those car commercials?
You got it, Toyota.
http://www.LumpyMusic.com

I award the "driveway crawler" merit badge

[kings-x59]

Without the pic thing, and after trying to get the o-ring out with my finger, I am wondering if I will ever get it out. Any other ways to get it out since I have had little success at this point?

The four dollar o ring remover tool in the link I posted above.
http://www.harborfreight.com/2-piece-o- ... 42159.html



You really would have had it out in about eleven seconds.
Kind of like trying to remove lug nuts. You CAN do it with
a vice grip or a crescent wrench but use the right tool
(lug nut wrench) and you'll get it done a thousand times
faster and with a lot less grief.

Spend the 4 bucks. While you're there, you can buy RTV
for the gasket, a BIG drip pan, driveway oil spill absorbant,
box-o-rags. All for way less than you paid for the air wrench.


Lumpy

You were the "OPERATION" game voice?
Yes. Take out wrenched ankle.

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afterthought - wire coat hanger with a tight hook bent into the end of it = free

[Rileysowner]

That might have worked. It took 4 hair washings to get the trans fluid and other assorted debris out of my hair. Check the trans level, and with the van nose on my sloped drive it was over filled. I will take it across the street tomorrow on the level parking lot and have a look to see if it is overfilled or not. If it is I am really happy I put the drain plug in. I can drain a bit off and top it up. If I have the time I might just see about installing the trans cooler first as that will probably take up some of the fluid if I am overfilled.

[kings-x59]

after thinking about some more...no. The O ring lodges up gainst a ridge, it would be impossible to get the coat hanger hook to grab the top edge of it. My method has always been to get a jeweler's screwdriver between the O ring and the bore and bend it inwards. I have one with a bend in it, a pick as it were. Once bent inwards it's fairly easy to get it out.

[Rileysowner]

Basically that is what I did.