Transmission fluid.
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Transmission fluid.
I am on a very tight budget as of now. I want to know how to change my transmission fluid on my 96 Honda Accord Ex Auto. IS it easy or should I jsut bring it to a dealership, pay them a ridicolous amount of money when I can do it myself ? I've been keeping maintainace on everything except my tranny fluid. Steps and procedures would be greatly appreciated. 
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Re: Transmission fluid. (SuShiBoiiii)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SuShiBoiiii »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do you want to change the fluid or flush it?</TD></TR></TABLE>
flush as changing all the fluid?
actually Honda doesnt recommend power flushing
flush as changing all the fluid?
actually Honda doesnt recommend power flushing
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Re: Transmission fluid. (SuShiBoiiii)
I just want to change the fluid. Just how you would change the oil every 3000-4000 miles, that's all. It is recommended that you change tranny fluids every 33K miles so . . . 
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Re: Transmission fluid. (Duy504)
get 6 quart of atf and do it yourself.
drive the car and park it at level ground, put the front on jackstand and remove the 3/8 rachet drain plugs, give it a good yank, don't add pressure slowly or the plug will stripe.
lower the car and wait til the last drop.
jack up the car and put the plugs back on, lower it again and top it off with fresh atf.
start the car and shift it from p to the lowerest gear.
drive it for 10 minute and come back repeat the whole process one more time.
you have to do it twice(or better yet three time) because there's still alot of juice in the torque converter.
drive the car and park it at level ground, put the front on jackstand and remove the 3/8 rachet drain plugs, give it a good yank, don't add pressure slowly or the plug will stripe.
lower the car and wait til the last drop.
jack up the car and put the plugs back on, lower it again and top it off with fresh atf.
start the car and shift it from p to the lowerest gear.
drive it for 10 minute and come back repeat the whole process one more time.
you have to do it twice(or better yet three time) because there's still alot of juice in the torque converter.
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Re: Transmission fluid. (iam7head)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iam7head »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get 6 quart of atf and do it yourself.
drive the car and park it at level ground, put the front on jackstand and remove the 3/8 rachet drain plugs, give it a good yank, don't add pressure slowly or the plug will stripe.
lower the car and wait til the last drop.
jack up the car and put the plugs back on, lower it again and top it off with fresh atf.
start the car and shift it from p to the lowerest gear.
drive it for 10 minute and come back repeat the whole process one more time.
you have to do it twice(or better yet three time) because there's still alot of juice in the torque converter.</TD></TR></TABLE>
2 times huh didnt know that. thought you only needed to do it once but learn something new every day
drive the car and park it at level ground, put the front on jackstand and remove the 3/8 rachet drain plugs, give it a good yank, don't add pressure slowly or the plug will stripe.
lower the car and wait til the last drop.
jack up the car and put the plugs back on, lower it again and top it off with fresh atf.
start the car and shift it from p to the lowerest gear.
drive it for 10 minute and come back repeat the whole process one more time.
you have to do it twice(or better yet three time) because there's still alot of juice in the torque converter.</TD></TR></TABLE>
2 times huh didnt know that. thought you only needed to do it once but learn something new every day
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Re: Transmission fluid. (SuShiBoiiii)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SuShiBoiiii »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">2 times huh didnt know that. thought you only needed to do it once but learn something new every day </TD></TR></TABLE>Only about 1/3 of the fluid actually drains out. The torque converter doesn't drain.
If the fluid looks or smells nasty in any way, do a couple more drain/fills with driving in between. Keep doing it until there's no more burned smell or funny color.
If the first drain looks nice & clean & doesn't smell, you maybe don't need to do it again. (Until next 30k miles or so.)
</TD></TR></TABLE>Only about 1/3 of the fluid actually drains out. The torque converter doesn't drain.If the fluid looks or smells nasty in any way, do a couple more drain/fills with driving in between. Keep doing it until there's no more burned smell or funny color.
If the first drain looks nice & clean & doesn't smell, you maybe don't need to do it again. (Until next 30k miles or so.)
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