JEEPCRAWLER84
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i want to change my transmission fluid on my zj but i cant find the dipstick and how do i change it.
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GotWood
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drop the pan, fill through dipstick hole in upper engine compartment.
mbalbritton
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Assuming it's an automatic, and not one one of the rare Eary ZJ's with the AX-15.
There's no real point in dropping the pan and dumping it to change the fluid. there's fluid all up inside the tranny and the cooler. If you're gonna do it, flush it. Otherwise it's like dumping a couple quarts of oil out of the engine and filling it back up. you still have old fluid in there.
Take it to a tranny shop and have it flushed. Or you may be able to DIY, by running your hoses through a clean bucket of Tranny fluid and out to an empty bucket to pick up the waste fluid. In my opinion, and I like to DIY, I'd take it to a shop.
There's no real point in dropping the pan and dumping it to change the fluid. there's fluid all up inside the tranny and the cooler. If you're gonna do it, flush it. Otherwise it's like dumping a couple quarts of oil out of the engine and filling it back up. you still have old fluid in there.
Take it to a tranny shop and have it flushed. Or you may be able to DIY, by running your hoses through a clean bucket of Tranny fluid and out to an empty bucket to pick up the waste fluid. In my opinion, and I like to DIY, I'd take it to a shop.
BigClay
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Well this looks like a good place to hi jack a thread and ask the old question: Is it good to change the fluid in a transmission with over 100k on it. I have heard both, and so far my ZJ has 170k and I have never changed the fluid (bought the jeep with 99k on it). Thoughts?
jackedHB
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Most times you will be ok if you drop the pan and change filters. One the other hand, I have seen a few to gernade after being flushed with alot of miles on them. I don't think there should be a problem with draining the pan and changing the filter.
x2 I think it's the POWER flushing that some shops do that causes the problems. I don't know about the 42re of the ZJ, but the GM auto's I've done it on took about 5-6 quarts on refill, and held about 12 total. So a filter change resulted in changing about half the fluid.
If you read the boxes most replacement filters come in, they say to change them every 10k miles. I don't go to that extreme, but i do change 'em about every 50k or so.
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You can get more than the pan out if you are careful...with the tranny in P and the engine idling you will pump some fluid out...in P there is no pressure on the friction surfaces.
Ive gotten 9-10 quarts out of a 700 that way, dont leave em long just enough to pour some more....
Ive gotten 9-10 quarts out of a 700 that way, dont leave em long just enough to pour some more....