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show you how to service your
transmission and this is recommended
every 100,000 miles um this is a 2002
Suburban with a deep pan same as most
2000 to 2006 1500 series trucks and SUVs
uh you need a range of tools as well as
a new filter and fluid um to get the job
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done want to raise and support your
vehicle and you're going to need to
loosen the exhaust there are three 15 mm
nuts uh holding it on each side you uh
take these off so that the exhaust will
drop down and give you extra clearance
for the Pan um one of the bolts you will
need a swivel or a universal joint in
order to get to
it your transmission pin's located right
here and there's a 15 mm drain plug just
remove the drain plug make sure you have
a drip pan underneath
and just let the fluid drain
out now replace your drain plug and
tighten it back up and then remove this
series of 13 mm bolts that line the
outside of your transmission
pan and the hardest one to get to is the
one in this corner here you just want to
use a solid extension in a 13 mm socket
and
Ratchet and just put that on the bolt
kind of pry that cable aside using the
extension and just remove the
bolt and we'll just fast forward forward
as Mike removes the rest of those 13 mm
bolts and this process can be done
entirely with hand tools we're just
going to use some air tools to speed up
the
process now tap the pan with a hammer
and pull it
down and now using pry bar pry between
the transmission case and the bracket
for the uh shift cable and pry that
bracket out and then pull the pan
down okay while we have the filter out I
go around and I check all the bolts that
hold the valve body in place and make
sure they're at 96 INB
and when you tighten them you want to
start with the middle one and kind of go
out in a spiral
pattern okay I'm going to use a straight
pick and very carefully tap it between
the case in the seal and try and
basically bend the seal out of
there but also being very careful not
to uh scratch the aluminum
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now we'll install the new seal um we
push it in try and push it in evenly
with your fingers first to get it
started and then you can use a 19 mm
socket and we actually use the extension
as well um you put the socket onto the
extension backwards and tap it with a
hammer
um to get it
in okay just use a nice lintree cloth or
a paper towel wipe the rim and wipe up
any uh old transmission fluid that you
can take your new transmission pan and
put the gasket into place and feed the
bolts up through the
holes and the gasket will hold the bolts
into
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place and you don't need to do this with
all the bolts just a few of them enough
to get it
started feed the pan back up in over the
exhaust and use your pry bar and pry out
again on the bracket for the shift cable
so that the pan can go up into
place now start all the bolts in and I
always start them by hand first first
just make sure that you don't cross
thread them into the transmission and
we'll fast forward here as like I said I
start all the bolts in first and then
tighten them up preliminarily
now you want to torque each of these 13
mm bolts in a Crossing pattern to about
15
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footb and we'll just fast forward as
Mike does the rest of these
now just replace these 15 mm nuts
we'll fast forward as Mike tightens
those
up okay when you go to refill your
transmission it's kind of a three-step
process and right here is the full
hotline
okay and there's a little range here
what you want is when the vehicle is hot
you want your level anywhere from the
middle to the upper part of
that so actually you can see down here
it says cold so what you'll want to do
is when your engine's not running fill
your transmission fluid probably up to
about the bottom of here then start your
vehicle uh put it in reverse and burst
or drive a couple times get the
transmission fluid um
circulating and then at that point check
and fill until you're at the cold line
then drive your vehicle quite a bit get
the transmission nice and warm and then
check and make sure that the
transmission fluid's in here okay you
want to make sure that the transmission
is hot before you check it and make sure
it's here and if it's not you just add a
little more fluid and get it to the
right level
now use a funnel and you want to make
sure that the inside of the funnel is
clean and then take your transmission
fluid and just replace the
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fluid okay so three quarts got me to
there so I'll start it up
put it in reverse in first couple times
to circulate transmission fluid after
you've done that just go back to the dip
stick and pull it
out then wipe it down replace the dip
stick and check the
level and if it's not right add more
fluid and repeat the
process we hope this video helps you out
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