What did you pay for the transmission pan drop and filter?

[JohnnyLightning]

I have a new to me 2020 with 65k miles and no transmission issues. I want to change the trans fluid and filter. I got a phone quote from a reputable transmission place for $500 and the mashed potato that answers the phone at the dealer says $250 and does doesn't understand what I am talking about when I say that is not what I want. What did you pay?

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[sandog]

If I had extra cash, I'd have it done at a shop, preferably at a Ford dealer rather than an independent transmission shop.

But no way would I spend $500 on something I could do myself in an hour (or two).
My '19 has 63K on it now, I'll be doing the filter and fluid change soon.

 

[Tim H.]

I have a new to me 2020 with 65k miles and no transmission issues. I want to change the trans fluid and filter. I got a phone quote from a reputable transmission place for $500 and the mashed potato that answers the phone at the dealer says $250 and does doesn't understand what I am talking about when I say that is not what I want. What did you pay?

Getting mine done today at the dealership…I’ll report back.

 

[Peter949]

I have a new to me 2020 with 65k miles and no transmission issues. I want to change the trans fluid and filter. I got a phone quote from a reputable transmission place for $500 and the mashed potato that answers the phone at the dealer says $250 and does doesn't understand what I am talking about when I say that is not what I want. What did you pay?

I bet that $250 is a drain and refill only and no filter change. Mine was a local tranny shop had it done for $375. Do the maintenance.

 

[carnut122]

I'm guessing most do a flush and not a drain and refill?

 

[Jason B]

If you are going to do it, and plan on doing it regularly, invest in the aftermarket pan that has a drain plug on it.

 

[YaBoiNewton]

I have a new to me 2020 with 65k miles and no transmission issues. I want to change the trans fluid and filter. I got a phone quote from a reputable transmission place for $500 and the mashed potato that answers the phone at the dealer says $250 and does doesn't understand what I am talking about when I say that is not what I want. What did you pay?

Why do you want to change the fluid and filter?
It's not part of the maintenance schedule and there's no correlation between changing fluid and the longevity of our transmissions. Total waste of money IMO.

 

[Tim H.]

I have a new to me 2020 with 65k miles and no transmission issues. I want to change the trans fluid and filter. I got a phone quote from a reputable transmission place for $500 and the mashed potato that answers the phone at the dealer says $250 and does doesn't understand what I am talking about when I say that is not what I want. What did you pay?

$295.22 new filter and 8 qts of ATF (I was reimbursed $40 for 4 qts they charged for by mistake but didn’t use) total labor was $178 with an oil change full synthetic as well.

 

[1pt21gw]

Mine was a few bucks, about $400 plus fluid.

Transmission service basically at the Ford dealer and I supplied the new pan, filter, and gasket.

 

[ctechbob]

Why do you want to change the fluid and filter?
It's not part of the maintenance schedule and there's no correlation between changing fluid and the longevity of our transmissions. Total waste of money IMO.

Ask any rebuilder if they recommend regular fluid changes on ANY automatic trans that they build. You'll not find one that doesn't.

The 150k service interval is NOT set by a company that cares about the longevity of the unit. It's just not. You can argue what the manual says but you'll just be wrong. All Ford cares about is vehicles making it out of the warranty/extended warranty period with the least amount of owner cost (Low Cost of Ownership!!) and an acceptable amount of losses. That's it. They don't care that you might want your transmission to make 200+k, they don't care one bit.

There isn't an automatic transmission on this planet that won't benefit from regular fluid changes, and that includes our 10R80's.

Dodge uses the ZF8 in a ton of their cars and states their fluid is 'lifetime fill'. Guess what ZF recommends? 50K fluid and filter changes.

 

[Jason B]

Ask any rebuilder if they recommend regular fluid changes on ANY automatic trans that they build. You'll not find one that doesn't.

The 150k service interval is NOT set by a company that cares about the longevity of the unit. It's just not. You can argue what the manual says but you'll just be wrong. All Ford cares about is vehicles making it out of the warranty/extended warranty period with the least amount of owner cost (Low Cost of Ownership!!) and an acceptable amount of losses. That's it. They don't care that you might want your transmission to make 200+k, they don't care one bit.

There isn't an automatic transmission on this planet that won't benefit from regular fluid changes, and that includes our 10R80's.

Dodge uses the ZF8 in a ton of their cars and states their fluid is 'lifetime fill'. Guess what ZF recommends? 50K fluid and filter changes.

I can see it done at every 50K, that sounds reasonable. But somewhere on this forum, someone stated they do it at every 10K, which is excessive IMO.

 

[ctechbob]

I can see it done at every 50K, that sounds reasonable. But somewhere on this forum, someone stated they do it at every 10K, which is excessive IMO.

That would be me, and I have my own reasons for it.

My broad recommendation is fluid only at 30k and fluid and filter at 60k.

Incidentally, that is very similar to the schedule that Fordtechmakuloco recommends, although I came to the same general conclusion before I watched his 10R80 video.

 

[dtech]

That would be me, and I have my own reasons for it.

My broad recommendation is fluid only at 30k and fluid and filter at 60k.

Incidentally, that is very similar to the schedule that Fordtechmakuloco recommends, although I came to the same general conclusion before I watched his 10R80 video.

I came to the general conclusion after watching 5 minutes of Makuloco's explanation of the Ford charging system - rife with misinformation - that watching even a minute of his vids would be a waste of my time. Changing the fluid at 30k miles - not in my plans, ATFs are much improved than in days of yore, only under very severe usage would I even consider a change at 30k and then only if the color of the ATF supported doing the change.
What I'm not really fond of is that a number of newer AT designs like 1080r have eliminated the radiator based ATF heat exchanger , I used to use the tranny to radiator lines to do a flush, allowing replacement of something close to 100% of the fluid - including that held in the torque converter, don't think it's possible to flush the 1080r - only can do drain and fill and I think one would need to do 3 or maybe 4 drain and fills to get mostly all new ATF. I do speak some Spanish including knowing what loco means.

 

[ctechbob]

I came to the general conclusion after watching 5 minutes of Makuloco's explanation of the Ford charging system - rife with misinformation - that watching even a minute of his vids would be a waste of my time. Changing the fluid at 30k miles - not in my plans, ATFs are much improved than in days of yore, only under very severe usage would I even consider a change at 30k and then only if the color of the ATF supported doing the change.
What I'm not really fond of is that a number of newer AT designs like 1080r have eliminated the radiator based ATF heat exchanger , I used to use the tranny to radiator lines to do a flush, allowing replacement of something close to 100% of the fluid - including that held in the torque converter, don't think it's possible to flush the 1080r - only can do drain and fill and I think one would need to do 3 or maybe 4 drain and fills to get mostly all new ATF. I do speak some Spanish including knowing what loco means.

Again, it isn't about the fluid. ULV is a very stout fluid all things considered. It is about getting the contaminants OUT of the transmission.

 

[JohnnyLightning]

Wow..... I really thought that my question was clear. How much does it cost, not should I!

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