Tranny Flush Pics

[Wyley87]

Well as some of you know i did my tranny flush this friday as describe by here http://www.truckmodcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4699 by scotty. I only took had time to get pics of the pan, magnet, old filter, and old fluid in the bucket because rain was coming friday night. Enjoy.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3290.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3291.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3292.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3297.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3298.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3299.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3300.jpg

[Bigredmariner]

Looks like it was definitely time for a change. How many miles on your fluid again?:thumbs:

[Wyley87]

well my inspection sticker from last april was said like 248,000 and i have 270,000 now. Trans was installed march of 2009 if i remember right.

[Bigredmariner]

So about 22K then.

[Wyley87]

yup. i think the next time i do it ima get a pan with one of those drain plugs. I've done it this way so many times with out it and once with it on my dads 4L80 what a difference.

[Wyley87]

it dosnet look burnt dose it? what about the smokey haze in the pan?

[Draenor]

it dosnet look burnt dose it? what about the smokey haze in the pan?It actually looks good. but only a analysis would really determine the actually life left in it. The magnet also look good. You gonna get some stuff like that on there. It part of life with the transmission. ..As long as there were no big metal shavings.

[ScottyBoy]

My pan looked IDENTICAL to that with the gray muddy/greasy sludge in the bottom. I wonder what that stuff is? :dunno: And Nick, if you are reading this, this is what I was talking about when I mentioned a muddy looking sludge in the bottom of my pan.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3292.jpg

[Draenor]

Its metal particles and what not. Normal wear from the clutch packs. A fine mess like that is ok. Thats why they put the magnet in. Anything bigger is when you have problems....Unless the entire pan is caked in it.

Then flushing the transmission is the least of your concerns.

[ScottyBoy]

Its metal particles and what not. Normal wear from the clutch packs. A fine mess like that is ok. Thats why they put the magnet in. Anything bigger is when you have problems....Unless the entire pan is caked in it.

Then flushing the transmission is the least of your concerns.

On mine, it did cover the entire botom of the pan, but it was a very thin film just like in his pic. It was a lot thicker on the magnet than the rest of the pan. It pretty much looked identical to that pic. No metal particles or shavings though. It was all fine like that, it looked and felt like a sludge. I wiped most of it out with paper towels, then cleaned the pan really good with carb cleaner.

[Draenor]

Its metal particles and what not. Normal wear from the clutch packs. A fine mess like that is ok. Thats why they put the magnet in. Anything bigger is when you have problems....Unless the entire pan is caked in it.

Then flushing the transmission is the least of your concerns.

On mine, it did cover the entire botom of the pan, but it was a very thin film just like in his pic. It was a lot thicker on the magnet than the rest of the pan. It pretty much looked identical to that pic. No metal particles or shavings though. It was all fine like that, it looked and felt like a sludge. I wiped most of it out with paper towels, then cleaned the pan really good with carb cleaner.
Your going to have a slight film on the bottom of the pan. That is the clutch lining,which is not magnetic. I was talking about the bottom of the pan looking like the magnet altogether. That is considered excessive.


If the fluid was dark and burnt, then its a different story as you have a toasted transmission.

[Black02Silverado]

My pan looked IDENTICAL to that with the gray muddy/greasy sludge in the bottom. I wonder what that stuff is? :dunno: And Nick, if you are reading this, this is what I was talking about when I mentioned a muddy looking sludge in the bottom of my pan.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/Viper_182/96%20truck/101_3292.jpg

Sorry to have missed this back in April. That all looks normal for a tranny fluid change out and pan drop. I just tried to find my post when I changed out my transmission fluid and pan but can't find it. I know I posted it but it is gone. Anyone know if we lost some threads for some reason?:dunno:

[Bigredmariner]

Here it is Nick. http://www.truckmodcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4636

[Bigredmariner]

^^ Nick

[Black02Silverado]

^^ Nick

I wonder why when I did a search under my screen name and thread post I couldn't find it. I found my Brake bleeding thread and fuel filter change but not the transmission one. Oh well, I'll chock it off as a :ninja: move.

Thanks Jarrod. :thumbs:

[Bigredmariner]

^^ Nick

I wonder why when I did a search under my screen name and thread post I couldn't find it. I found my Brake bleeding thread and fuel filter change but not the transmission one. Oh well, I'll chock it off as a :ninja: move.

Thanks Jarrod. :thumbs:
I had an idea of where it was and just went and looked. I didn't use the search function just the J-rod function.:jrod:

[Black02Silverado]

^^ Nick

I wonder why when I did a search under my screen name and thread post I couldn't find it. I found my Brake bleeding thread and fuel filter change but not the transmission one. Oh well, I'll chock it off as a :ninja: move.

Thanks Jarrod. :thumbs:
I had an idea of where it was and just went and looked. I didn't use the search function just the J-rod function.:jrod:

That is just it. I went there first because I knew I posted it there but couldn't find it.