Doing Bucket trans flush method - HELP please

Well back at it today. Weird as hell, last night the dipstick showed WAY full. Today I checked after it was warmed up and it wasnt even on the dipstick. Put a quart in it and went back and forth in the driveway. Took it out and it seems to be fine. Shifts positively as far as I can tell. I was able to romp on it hard a few times as well. Once I got it home I went throught the selector again and checked it in park. It was a tad in the crosshairs - looks like I dodged a bullet. I will do this again myself I think, now that I know what to do. Was about $120 for everything. Local Wiffylube wanted $240 and the dealer was $310. I will NOT do it again on ramps - just not high enough to get under and work comfortably. Thanks again.
 
The last time I did it, I replaced the pan with a TCI pan I think, and I drained the converter. the previous fluid service was a shop who flushed it, but I suspect there was dex/merc in the machine as it shuddered even though I supplied 20 qts of Mobil 1 fluid.

draining the converter, and dropping the pan is my preferred method.
Glad it worked out for you.
 
SlkMerc said:
Well back at it today. Weird as hell, last night the dipstick showed WAY full. Today I checked after it was warmed up and it wasnt even on the dipstick.
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It's been my experience that after you dump in several quarts, there is enough fluid "hanging" inside the fill tube to give a erroneous reading, always seems to take far longer for the tube to clear than you'd think...
 
For sure. Im STILL having a hard time getting the fluid leveled right. I warm it up, drive it. Reverse is fine - slight delay going into Drive. No slip shifts fine. Check the level and not even on the stick. Add about a pint - R,D,P, 1, R, 2 - etc etc. Wipe the dipstick clean, stab it again. One side reads way up the dipstick, the other barely showing. Repeat about 5 times. Add a little more - again shows WAY up the dipstick. I parked it, wait for tomorrow and try again. WTF am I doing wrong? - Ive never had such a time checking and maintaining fluids. The ATF is nice and clean though!
 
You're prolly not doing anything wrong. It usually take me about 3 days to get the level sorted out when I do a drain & fill.

Some hints, most of which you may already know or be doing:

Be sure car is LEVEL.
Be sure fluid is at operating temp...this means more than just a ride around the block.
Check level with engine running...in park.
Add fluid ½-pint at a time and wait a good 5 minutes in between for the fluid that clings to the inside of the dipstick tube to fully drain.
Use the "lower" of the 2 readings on the stick.

Don't shut the motor off at any time while doing all of the above. Also, there no need to run through the gears each time you add fluid...only on the initial refill.
 
The transmission "sucks" the fluid up through the filter from the fluid in the pan.
The return line just returns the cooled fluid to the pan.
 
SlkMerc said:
For sure. Im STILL having a hard time getting the fluid leveled right. I warm it up, drive it. Reverse is fine - slight delay going into Drive. No slip shifts fine. Check the level and not even on the stick. Add about a pint - R,D,P, 1, R, 2 - etc etc. Wipe the dipstick clean, stab it again. One side reads way up the dipstick, the other barely showing. Repeat about 5 times. Add a little more - again shows WAY up the dipstick. I parked it, wait for tomorrow and try again. WTF am I doing wrong? - Ive never had such a time checking and maintaining fluids. The ATF is nice and clean though!
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You need to add then, the "low side" of the stick is the reading that's closer to actual...
 
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