Re: O/T Auto transmission service

Posted by Hobo,NC on February 02, 2007 at 16:41:50 from (71.29.34.192):

In Reply to: O/T Auto transmission service posted by 37 chief on February 02, 2007 at 13:28:47:

Less their izz a concern wif the transmission I never change a filter till 100K. So heres how I service a trans, I hook up the fluid exchanger to a cooler line and add the proper amount of fluid to exchange . So iffin the spec izz 15 qt to fill a empty unit I dump 16 to 17 qt in the machine. I then start the engine and let it warm up and then turn the exchanger on till it removes 15 Qt in exchange fer 15 to 17 new Qts. Now got that done so move on to the filter, If I am going to do the filter I have a special fluid remover that I stick down the oil fill tube and suck out all the fluild in the pan. I then drop the pan and change the filter usually their will be a qt of fluid in the pan I throw it away. I then install the pan and reverse the valve on my tank and refill wif the spose to be new fluid I just sucked out. The reason I do the filter last izz I let all the contaminates in the old fluid be drawn thur the old filter. I am the only one I have seen do a service this way most will flush and try and save the fluid when they drop the pan to change the filter. The quick lubes add a new filter then flush witch don’t figger to me to run old fluid thru a new filter. You have to twist their arm now to git’em to do the filter deal cuzz they want volume and the filter takes to long. Flush’it wam bam thank ya mam. I also use only manufacture specified fluids altho it does not have to be a OEM brand fluid but does have to be a major oil co. brand that meets OEM spec. My cost on fluid dextrin 3 izz around $2.00, Mecron V over $4.00, Chrysler 3 and 4 over $4.00, do the math @ $50.00 fer a fluid and filter change they ain’t make’in money only keep’in minimum wage help busy. Only look’in to do meat and gravy jobs and leave the bones fer sumone else. The least I have seen a fluid exchange unit go fer new izz around $3500.00 and over 5K so how many of those jobs does one need to do to pay fer the equipment. I probley never will but to keep up wif the Jones I had to invest in one. Now git this the high volume shops may git the equipment free if they use only the snake oil products supplied by the name on the machine. They tell me I would need to buy at least $1000.00 a month to git in on the deal but I don’t want to be obligated to enny one so I went independent At that price I would have to push unneeded additives to my customers but if I had enuff customers that I could push that much to who would care if I lost one every now and again, I kin use what ever I want in my machine tho I do buy sum products to keep the spose to be lifetime warranty in effect. They did replace all the parts in my coolant flush machine FREE and its around 5 years old. So I will spend a little wif’em. Actual the $50.00 price izz a menu item used to git you in the bay and do a sell up on other services you may need, bate’in the hook I think izz what a country boy would call it, would you like fries wif that or upsize the order. Would like sumone to tell me a bad thang about flush'in the trans, tell me what would be better.

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