Re: Trans fluid change: What else to do?

Posted by Tim Cole On 2012/5/29 19:35:10

I would not put the gauges inside the car. The correct practice is to tape them to the windshield (the manual notwithstanding). A while back I fixed an Ultramatic that had previously blown a trans line inside the car. No matter what I did the inside of the car looked liked tranmission fluid. The problem with the trans had nothing to do with pressure and everything to do with a Packard TSB.

As for running cars on jack stands I don't like that for anything other than testing if 4WD works or low speed noise. If the pump pressure or high range clutch is bad you don't need to turn the wheels, but for the groaning you want to see the pressures during fault mode.