Transmission service
Any options on transmission service: draining vs flushing. I know draining doesn't get the torque converter. Have a 2016 Tundra and the dealers have varied opinions on service as well as mileage inte...
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MitchF150 wrote:Pull off the lower radiator hose to drain the radiator, if you can't get to the drain plug. Drains much faster through the hose anyways.
I just did a quick 'drain and fill' on my 13 F150. I didn't want to mess with taking the pan off, so I used a vacuum pump that connects to an air compressor that has a one qt reservoir on it.
The new F150 does not have a trans dip stick in the traditional sense.. You have to crawl under it and remove the fill plug and that's where the dip stick is...
Anyway, I just sucked out what fluid I could. Only 4 qts, which seems a bit low, but that's all I could get out..
Put 4 qts of fluid back in. I used a 5 qt jug and I have a hand pump that screws to the top of the jug. Pretty easy really.
Only have 34,000 miles on the truck, but feel if I do this around every 30,000 miles, it can't hurt.. It's supposed to go to 100k miles per the manual, so that's my reasoning.
I do the same thing with the coolant too.. Try to drain and fill well before it's time, just to keep some fresh stuff in there..
Haven't done the coolant yet, since I haven't been able to get to the drain plug on the rad... (I can "see" it, but can't get enough of a grip on it to open it!)
Anyway, that's my routine and works for me.. :)
Good luck!
Mitch
