'73 Auto Trans Fluid and Filter

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Mar 13, 2016 | 01:22 PM

Msbfdx

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'73 Auto Trans Fluid and Filter

I'm planing to do a trans fluid and filter change. Should I warm it up first or change it cold?

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Mar 13, 2016 | 02:16 PM

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Change it cold. You'll probably end up wearing some of it and at least it won't burn.

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Mar 13, 2016 | 09:26 PM

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Got it done, glad it I was cold, wearing a lot of fluid. Even with a lift it wasn't fun...next time valvoline can do the deed.

Mar 13, 2016 | 09:30 PM

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It's a lot easier if you add a drain plug to the pan the first time. Virtually no mess after that.

Mar 13, 2016 | 10:05 PM

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If he has a th400 the filter should be changed every time as there known for problems because there a cloth filter

Mar 13, 2016 | 10:56 PM

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Mine is a TH400, it was a metal filter. There was some black residue in the bottom of the pan, but otherwise it looked good... No metal shavings and the fluid didn't look or smell burnt.

Mar 13, 2016 | 11:27 PM

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That is a cloth filled element encased in metal

Mar 13, 2016 | 11:43 PM

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Make sense now. The metal one I removed didn't have anything inside, but the new one did. I suspect the cloth/paper in the old one "dissolved" overtime and was in part what made up the sludge in the bottom of the pan.