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I successfully changed my tranny fluid today and out the Mobil 1 synthetic ATF in. What a difference! You can hardly feel it shift now! I'm not sure what all the fuss about the dipstick is about. I reached down from above and pulled it out, no problem. Maybe it's because I'm tall. Anyway yesterday I removed the drain plug on the tranny, drained the fluid and then started the car and drained it a second time. I then put four litres of cheap regular fluid in to flush it out and that made the car shift much better as well. I waited a day to let that circulate, the old stuff was very dark and I wanted to flush out the whole tranny and not just the pan. Today I used the drain once and the flush out using the radiator method, that was fun. You have to put the hose on the radiator bib on my car. Althoguh I had a firm fitting hose it still leaked. It made a mess out of my garage floor and I had to clean that up. I had to put a hose clamp over it and have it tight to stop the leak. So anyone trying this mightwant to make sure you clamp that hose even if it seems tight. I recommend anyone with over about 50 to 60 thousand miles changing the fluid. You might not think it shifts poorly before the change but after you will be amazed at how smooth it shifts!
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