“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”
Ronald Regan
"The only way to deal with the Islamic State - these blood thirsty, blood-drunken, terrorists -
is to kill them, keep on killing them, until you kill the last one, then you kill his pet goat."
Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters
“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.”
"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes, if you **** with me, I'll kill you all"
General James Mattis
You have that backwards...NOT changing the fluid will eventually cause the dreaded torque converter clutch shudder.
If you're installing a new higher-capacity pan, it should have a drain plug, so you can do periodic drain & fills much more easily. A normal drain & fill takes just under 4 quarts, so with your new pan it should be 6.
The Blackbird
Trilogy #61
Driveway Queen
The Spruce Goose
2004 Grand Marquis LS Limited Edition
Daily Driver
Actually, stryker is correct on this ^^^^^^
In high mileage Panther transmissions, if the fluid is not changed on a regular basis (like his with unknown service history), it can actually make the car slip/shudder worse if the fluid is changed. It's the darndest thing. That is why he is concerned about it and doesn't want to disturb the trans fluid too much.
Ex Panther Owner
That's only *potentially* true if the fluid is badly oxidized and contaminated, and even then is more anecdotal than fact. People just assume that the fluid change caused the failure since it was the most recent thing done, when in reality the transmission failed due to abuse/neglect and would have done so even if the fluid were not changed.
Last edited by RF Overlord; 04-14-2011 at 08:09 AM.
The Blackbird
Trilogy #61
Driveway Queen
The Spruce Goose
2004 Grand Marquis LS Limited Edition
Daily Driver
I changed my fluid the night before going to Louisville, pretty much in the dark. I could not get the new filter to seat properly. I finally crawled out, got a flashlight and saw why: The round gasket on the old filter did not drop out with the old filter, it stayed in place. Crawled out, got needle nose pliers, pulled the old gasket out, slapped the new filter in, bolted up the pan (reused old gasket), poured in about 3-4 quarts of new fluid, good to go. Also, I cleaned the pan with brakklean as recommended by a 'member'here. Shined the crap out of it.
~But, it makes it a lot easier when he is manscaped.~ Haggis
~Cool, I can have one of those strangulation orgasms without the strangle.
WIN WIN!~ Zack
~Who needs to stop? I just wanna gooooooooooo~ -Matt-
Here is the cooler with kit I buy to modify, I was expected were more bigger but the other models was smaller than this. next part I have in schedule to buy is the extended capacity transmission pan with drain, I speak with Dennis reinhart and he give a good price, other parts to get is the tranny filter and a few qts of Mercon V, I found a Ford house parts were they sale the Motrocraft MerconV, I check the color and smell of the existing oil and the color is not brown and don't smell to burned, either way I only will replace 4 qts plus two when I installed the new pan will be 6 qts.![]()
stryker go with B&M cooler you won't regret it brother my dad is from ponce rip 09/10/08
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)