I need to change the tranny fluid and filter on both my 124s ('86 300E
and '87 300D). Any reason why I should not start by draining as much
fluid out the fill/dipstick tube by suction? Wouldn't this minimize
the amount that comes out in the drain pan, on the floor, and on me
when I open the
Is there a reason why I don't remember ever hearing about anyone using
a Topsider for ATF before?
I don't think the dipstick tube goes to the bottom of the pan,
so you'd need to use a long CLEAN tube to slip into it. This
also won't remove the torque converter fluid charge, which must
be
Why bother with it? You are going to be under the car anyway, just take
out the drain plug.
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
I need to change the tranny fluid and filter on both my 124s ('86 300E
and '87 300D). Any reason why I should not start by draining as much
fluid out the fill/dipstick tube by
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I need to change the tranny fluid and filter on both my 124s ('86 300E
and '87 300D). Any reason why I should not start by draining as much
fluid out the fill/dipstick tube by suction
real well for coolant
also.
Regards,
Brian Toscano
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I need to change the tranny
Rich Thomas wrote:
I did it on my old Blazer 700R4, got almost all of it out (except the
TC), not sure how well it would work on the Benz.
For cars without drain plugs, I like the method that I found in a Ford FSM:
Put a hose on the line from the tranny to the cooler, and pump the pan dry by
On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:50:58 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Rich Thomas wrote:
I did it on my old Blazer 700R4, got almost all of it out (except the
TC), not sure how well it would work on the Benz.
For cars without drain plugs, I like the method that I found in a Ford
FSM:
I did put a drain plug on the pan after the first time I changed fluid
in it (before the $2 sucker) so it was easy to drain it after that. But
the $2 sucker was even easier as I did not have to get under and do it,
even with the drain plug.
--R
Craig McCluskey wrote:
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On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:50:58 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Rich
