Ford 5 Speed 5R110W Trans Service Question
So I drained the trans fluid from the pan by the plug provided by Ford and refilled to 4.5 quarts and drove around and checked and it showed no trans fluid on dipstick so I added another 1/2 quart and...
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lawrosa wrote:timmac wrote:kerrlakeRoo wrote:
Check your manual, that seems way low.
I just looked and got numbers ranging from 16.5 to 20 depending on exact year.
I did not flush the whole transmission, just drained from the pan and refilled, I had it flushed 2 1/2 years ago, just removing some of the fluid and refilling, plan on doing it again since I have 12 quarts but I cant remember what the pan itself holds, my oil drain pan holds only 7 quarts so it did not over fill.
Its 8 quarts in the pan. Those trans have internal t stats so flushes are difficult.
You should of known how many quarts by what you removed....
Well I still have the old fluid in the drain pan, I thought it only holds 7 quarts but I could be wrong and it is almost full, I guess I could pour it out in the empty quart bottles and see what I did drain, its going to be messy but at least I will know the amount.
Thanks
