[GusDaDog]

I am changing the fluid, seal, and filter in my trans and I dropped the pan (after I fabbed a tool to reach the rear bolts) and swapped the filter and seal and tossed the pan back up, but how do I get the trans fluid out of the torque converter so I can replace all 12 quarts of fluid? Any trick to refilling it or just poor all 12 straight in thru the dipstick tube?

 

[Leonard]

to my knowlege you can't do a complete fluid change without the proper machine cause you have to pump the fluid out of the converter and the lines.

 

[Davids78Bronco]

rotate the engine till you see a plug on the converter...

 

[GusDaDog]

wait...would I need to remove the transmission from the bellhousing and get in there to do it? screw that.....

 

[Davids78Bronco]

wait...would I need to remove the transmission from the bellhousing and get in there to do it? screw that.....

no, just pull that sheild at the bottom of the trans.....

 

[GusDaDog]

shield? I don't remember a shield.....

 

[reptillikus]

The flexplate between the engine and trans has a removable access plate held in by 2 bolts.

 

[Leonard]

guess i was wrong.

 

[93_bronco]

acess panel?, isnt there a little black plug that you remove to get access to the drain plug?

 

[Tunedup]

Some have a plug but i think most have an access pannel held on by a 2 or 3 bolts. Not all converters have a drain plug.

 

[jerry 1 a b]

Here is a write up on an easy way to flush the tranny, including the torque converter.

http://www.thedieselstop.com/faq/1999faq/Maintenance-AutoT.htm

Like Tunedup said, not all converters have a drain plug, so if you pull the access panel, and find that you don't have one, then follow the steps in the link.