Ok so I've read some posts on here about how weak our transmissions are. My car's got 58k on it, and next weekend me and my girl are heading to Barnesville, GA (about a 5 hr trip for us) for a friend's wedding. I was planning on doing a full service to it next week before we went, as I haven't done one yet (only had the car for three-ish months). Now, what I'm concerned about is the good ol tranny fluid. What would you guys recommend doing? I want to maintain my car, yet I don't wanna blow a bunch of crap out into the system where it can clog up the valve body and generally wreak havoc- I'm trying not to replace the tranny til I have the money to beef it up but yet, I've never really heard anything bad out of a fluid exchange as opposed to a flush. So should I go with the exchange, or just drop the pan and change the filter?

 

from what ive always read on here is just drop the pan. When i do mine in a few weeks im just gonna do that

 

just drop the pan. flushes usually do more harm than good

 

So is it just better to leave whatever crap's in the torque converter in there? And any preference on fluid and filter?

 

I've done prolly 500+ flushed while working at the dealer and never had a single one come back with tranny issues. The key with a flush or exchange for that matter is to not wait til the tranny has a 125k on it and already having issues and expect a service to fix it.

 

Pan drop

 

is a pan drop hard to do?

 

not at all

 

Really easy to do and change out the filter to

 

On a Pan drop and filter how many quarts bring it back to full?

 

i put a shift kit in when i did mine and it took almost 8 quarts but it would be less if you just dropped the pan and filter

 

If a flush does damage, you need to find a new garage. A flush is by far superior to dropping the pan.

 

pan drop and filter change with dex 6 . you might just wanna wait and do the trip , no need to have a problem , just drive easy and then do it when you get back .

 

pretty sure i use 7.5 qt for pan drop filter change.

 

that's like constantly changing your engine oil and leaving the old filter on there.

how is hooking up a fluid exchanger machine, "far superior", to dropping the pan and actually replacing the filter?

 

just did a pan drop last winter...took about 8 qts....and change the filter...other than that its really easy to do

 

With the mileage you have I would just drop the pan and change the filter. I did that with 48k on mine. Filled her up with Amsoil and put a ~12"x12" bar in plate tranny cooler in. I'm at 85k now and no issues and tranny temps dont even hit 200 anymore... Stock it would hit 217* on a hot summer day on the highway. Now pulling a 6x12ft trailer with a bedroom set in it at 80mph it only but up to 197*