Very Important Transmission Question!!!!!!?

Question

OK, I already have the appointment but i will cancel it if im gettin ripped off.....is it possible to flush the transmission without having the machine? because i have a transmission specialist sayin that it is how he does it, and other places i have called i ask if they do flushs and they say they dont have a flusher, the guy that does it without a flusher says those people went to school for mechanics, not transmissions, and they never learned how to flush a tranny without the machine, please, answer honestly and basically i want to know that this guy isnt saying hes flushing my tranny, and then just drop the pan only....i'll be there watching him but still i want to know, and if anyone knows about PIT 10 ATF fluid let me know if its good or bad

Answer 1

you need to do more than just drain the pan and drain the torque converter. if you forget about the tranny lines and the cooler, flush doesnt work well. you can easily flush a tranny without a machine, a little more work, but works just as well. as to fluid, thats your call. some is good, some is bad, i like chevron.

Answer 2

Merely dropping the pan will not get all of the fluid. You need to drain the torque convertor as well. Many have drain plugs that allow you to do that without pulling the trans. If the torque convertor doesn't have drain plugs you either need to pull the trans and empty out the TC by hand or use the flushing machine.

Answer 3

flushing using equipment not really that good coz you can't really flush every parts of the trans, very complex. the way that i do every time i get a new 2nd car (daihatsu rocky, Mitsubishi shogun, landcruiser, daihatsu move) i would normally ask my usual mechanic to fill it with new trans oil, how do you do it?
use a the same flushing machine fill 1 compartment with new oil and push the old oil out from the system, you can see that the used oil on the other compartment. all the cars that i owned previously was using Toyota trans oil working very good.

hope it helps

Answer 4

There is nothing to flush. It is not like a radiator.
They will drop the pan, replace the deflector/director valve (good idea to do this), refill. It is just as simple as that.

GM and each make of car recommends what kind of oil to use. Follow that only. Don't let them fill some aftermarket brand. That's all there is to it.

It should take about 2 hours of mechanic's time. So, you should be charged accordingly.