Thank you sir. You did all the hard work of measuring , forming, and building this wonderful device. The only hard part I had was getting the cap off of the old dipstick.
Thank you sir. As soon as I get it done, I will post how much so you can knowI don't recall... Here is what I would do. Have a quart or 2 of fluid on hand.
I suspect you won't add a full quart.
Be Patient. It won't take too long to get it right. If you doing this relatively fast you may not need to run through the gears each time.
- Check your fluid level cold. The process is outlined here. Keep the truck off as much as possible, Only run it to check the level, then immediately turn it off. The fluid heats up faster than you think.
- Fill it cold. add a little at a time - 3-5 oz or so. Use Mike's funnel.
(You can pour more if you have a pump to pull fluid out via the dipstick tube.)- Let the fluid settle down the dipstick for a minute or two. You need a nice accurate reading.
- Check it. It should be between the tip of the dipstick and 1/8 - 1/4" up. NO MORE
- If it is not, repeat steps 2-4 until it is.
If you overfill you're going to have the opposite problem... and it won't show up until the transmission gets hot enough to push to 200F-215F, depending on how much over you are. Then you going to have a balky transmission with all the bad behavior you've seen reported on this forum.... then it vomits!
