Hi all,

I just wanted to pass along my experience flushing my tranny fluid this morning. I used the modified bay 13/volvo method of using the top radiator hose connection.

First, I couldn't believe how *nasty* the tranny fluid was that pumped out. It looked like brownish black sludge. Wow- my car has 75K miles. Second, thanks to all of you who have posted instruction and hints for this. It was *much* easier than I thought, pretty much as easy as changing the motor oil, without having to get under the car. I flushed 18 quarts through just to make sure it was really clean when I was done. I am *so glad* I didn't pay a dealer $140 to do this.

For those of you who have been putting this off like I was because you were a bit intimidated, flush your tranny now! What I saw come out of my car couldn't have been good for it.

I also changed my flame trap yesterday, per the bay 13 intructions. Mine was almost totally clogged with junk, and I had started to notice some oil spattering from crankcase pressure. Again, I'm glad I gave it a shot, it wasn't that hard.

Thanks again, everybody- this is still a great resource. And thanks to the guy with the OZ website for pulling down some of the discussions on this board and archiving them- it's very helpful.

Wes Nance