- Hey, this is Donnie Smith
and in this video we're gonna learn how to change
the transmission filter and fluid.
And also we are gonna learn who is the winner
of this Craftsman tool set from last weeks video.
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Okay, we're back on the Mustang project
and it was slipping real bad.
You give it some gas and it slips in and out.
That's indication that the filter could be bad.
I know in the past, years ago,
had some Camaro's that I worked on and that was the case
and fixed them up, and that fixed the problem.
So we're gonna see if that fixes this problem
and we thought we'd share those steps with you.
Like I said, I don't know everything about the mechanical,
but this is something pretty simple.
And if you don't know, you know,
this should help you out to be able to do this yourself.
Well that's enough talk, lets go ahead and get started.
Okay, first thing we're gonna do to be able
to gain access underneath the car is to jack it up.
Need a little bit more room to be able
to get under there to get the transmission pan.
And I think Jacob had his Redbull today,
cause he sure is in fast motion.
If he'd work like that all the time, we'd be doing great.
You never wanna trust the jack itself,
you wanna use jack stands.
Never get under a car with only a jack under it.
Always secure the car really good.
Now what I'm showing is the number of bolts on there.
Because that depends on what,
you know, which transmission it is
and which gasket you're gonna need.
So what you need to do, is go underneath there
and count the bolts on this six cylinder '66 mustang.
There's gonna be 11, 15, or 17.
This one had 11.
And that's what you'll tell them at the parts store
and they can get you the right gasket and filter for it.
Now, the thing about transmissions is
I don't know about all of them,
but I remember in the old Camaro's
that I used to work on and this
They do not have a drain plug like an oil pan.
You're not gonna be able to drain the fluid with one bolt.
So what you have to do to drain the transmission fluid
is to actually loosen it up.
And I'm going around each one to loosen it up.
And a little trick about getting bolts off faster
is once you loosen them up,
take the extension and socket off the ratchet
and kinda use it like a screwdriver.
You know that works in most the things I do.
You're working around transmissions or oily things,
doesn't work as well.
You hands slip quite a bit like right there.
Then again, you know I don't do a lot of mechanical stuff
so I kinda have to learn as I go.
You know, these types of jobs,
it's the first time I ever changed
the transmission filter on a Mustang.
So as I go through and change that, or loosen those,
you can see that the fluid starts dripping.
Now, I'm gonna loosen the one side more than the other
cause I want the fluid to go in one direction.
Certainly wouldn't want to loosen them all at the same time
and the fluid would be coming off,
you know, all over, that would make a mess.
Even though I did kinda make a mess here.
And, something I didn't do, but I'd recommend
is wearing some type of gloves
so you don't get that all over your hands like I did here.
And another thing, if you're gonna be changing in the wind
it's gonna blow your transmission fluid a little bit,
so make sure that you adjust your drain pan
so that the fluid does fall into the pan
and doesn't get on the cement.
(upbeat rock music)
So, you just basically have to sit there
and let it drain out.
And then once it's finished draining,
you can go ahead and remove the pan.
Now, still I'm gonna take one side off
leaving a bolt on the other side on,
so that it doesn't all fall out at one time.
Or so the fluid will drain to one side.
Now, I've got them all loose
and you can see how I drop it there.
And the fluid in the pan,
comes out.
And I wanna take that other bolt off
and I'll go ahead and drop the whole pan.
Remember, there's 11 bolts in here.
They're half-inch.
Using half-inch, an extension, and a ratchet.
We've got them all loose,
now I'm gonna drop the pan
and I'm gonna set it down in the drain pan.
Now, here's a little tip I learned watching Youtube
and pass it along to you.
So, after you have your pan off,
you wanna inspect it real close
and if that has ever been over-tightened,
at the bolt holes, it's gonna raise them,
put a mound there, a high spot.
And if it does do that,
you're gonna have a problem with the leak
and you'll have to hammer and dolly it straight.
So be sure and inspect that
and make sure there are no high spots in all
the top of the pan is nice and level.
Okay, now we're gonna remove the filter
and there's nine bolts holding that in.
Now the very front one here,
its a 7/16" bolt and we're gonna take it out.
And the other eight are 5/16".
Now why that one is bigger than the others, I'm not sure,
but I'm gonna take these other,
I'm counting them out here,
there's eight other bolts here
that you'll need to remove that is a 5/16".
(snapping together noise)
So I'm gonna remove those.
(bolt loosening)
And I kinda go around and loosen them all to begin with
and I'm gonna take it off.
And keep using my hand to take them out.
So, kinda gets a
little bit slick to use that like a screwdriver.
But it still works.
It works a lot better for auto body
where your hands don't get so greasy, oily.
Okay, now I got them all out.
Now I'm gonna drop the filter.
And now I'm taking the gasket off
and sometimes this may require a scraper.
And this one came off really easy which surprised me.
Sometimes they're stuck on there,
but this one came off real clean.
Now I'm just cleaning the area that the gasket goes on to.
And again, sometimes you may have to get a scraper
to actually scrape some of that gasket off.
Now I'm getting the new filter, transmission filter,
and I'm installing it.
And first I'm just gonna go through
and hand-tighten the bolts to get them
you know, to get it set and on there.
And then when we're tightening it,
I just don't wanna tighten one in as tight as it will go.
I'm gonna snug them all up.
And I'm also gonna use,
every time I put something on,
whether it be a wheel or something like this,
I'm gonna use a cross technique.
You know, where I go across,
kind of star technique back and forth.
That way you don't get one side tighter than the other.
(upbeat rock music)
(bolt tightening noise)
Okay, now I've got the pan on.
Now, I apologize, I had to get my camera guy there
to help put that on so that the gasket didn't move around.
And you can also use grease or something
to help put the gasket on to the pan
so it doesn't slide around.
But we put it up there.
And again, I'm using that star motion here
where I'm going back and forth
trying to tighten them evenly,
but I'm not tightening one end from the other.
And another thing you wanna remember
there's a gasket involved here.
So you just don't wanna crank down as tight as you can
and get this real tight
or else you're gonna mess that gasket up.
Okay, we got the gasket on,
now we're gonna add transmission fluid
and this required a type F transmission fluid.
So we're gonna put four quarts on it.
We're gonna put four quarts in.
We're gonna start the motor, let it warm up,
see if it's leaking,
re-check the fluid level,
and add if we need to add more.
That's pretty much all it takes to change the filter.
Again, I'm not a mechanic,
but If I figure any of these things out on my own,
I'll pass them along to you.
(metal scraping metal)
So that wraps up the video on changing transmission.
See, I told you it wouldn't be too bad.
Its a pretty simple process.
All the ones I've done, which is not a whole lot,
but these and Camaro's, they're about the same.
So anyway, if you have a weekend
and you're needing this done,
there you go.
That should give you some of the tips you need to do this.
Now, let's find out who the winner of this is.
Now last week, I had you all vote on it.
It was kind of a voting process
where I had a lot of you go and vote on the best.
And by liking it, is how you voted on it.
Liking the comment on Youtube.
And the one with the most votes won.
This week's a little bit different
and I also wanna commend you.
We had 81 people to answer this question
and I thought I'd make it a little harder this week
by putting in a trivia question
did real well.
Got 80 responses.
But you know, really the odds of that's pretty good.
Consider, playing the lottery,
of course you're not gonna win the million dollars,
but hey, 81, that's good odds for you.
I thought that was pretty good cause you had
to do a little research unless you just knew the answer.
So what we're gonna do,
is we're gonna pick a random number.
Then we're gonna go down the list to that number,
whoever that is is the winner.
So what I've done,
there's just a free deal,
it's at this play,
this-play.nl
it's a random number thing.
And we had 81 people and it says
to pick a number between one and a hundred.
Well, we didn't have a hundred,
so we're gonna put 81 here.
Okay, now all I do is hit the play,
and it's gonna randomly pop up a number.
So who or what number is gonna be the lucky number?
I don't know if you can see that, but 60, number 60.
Well lets see who 60 is.
And now I go over here.
And the list is right here, it's not numbered.
I'm just gonna have to countdown,
so bare with me just for a minute.
I know what I can do.
I can change this to show 50 rows and I can count to 10.
Okay, so there's the first 50, we go to page two
and I'll start with 51.
Be a little bit easier.
51, 52,
53, 54,
55, 56, 57, 58,
59, and 60.
@ShanMatt06.
Okay, @ShanMatt06 is the correct, is number 60.
So they're the winners if
I've still got to verify they gave the right answer.
@ShanMatt06
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That is correct.
So Shan, I hope I'm not saying that wrong.
@ShanMatt06 is the winner
and I also will get ahold of you via Youtube
to let you know that you are the winner.
So congratulations, @ShanMatt06
and thank you to all of you that provided.
And I looked at the answers,
I think there was one or two that was wrong.
All the rest of the 81 of you, got that right.
So I commend you on that.
Had to do a little research,
and hey, most of you got it right.
So that wraps up this video.
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