"Philip®" <chipstate@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<471Ka.10683$C83.1054966@newsread1.prod.itd.e arthlink.net>...

Phillip,

Thanks for the advice. That sounds reasonable to me, and I can do
that. Some mechanics want to cherry-pick jobs and do only the very
simple ones. By the way, I believe that I read that the torque
converter has a drain. Is this true?
Thanks again,
C Barlow

C Barlow wrote:
We all misread things on occasion. ;^) The correct read would be the
torque converter does NOT have a drain. For this reason, you can only
evacuate 2-4 qts out of a total of about 8 contained within the entire
transmission if you start the job right after parking the car (typical
drive-in to a repair facility). A little *secret is to set the car up
where you intend to work on it the night before. Overnight the torque
converter and shafts above the oil level line will drain more
substantially (notice the oil level will be at least a quart over Full
when checked with the engine *not* running the next morning). This
means you'll get more oil out. You might even let the unit drain for
the entire night.
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~Philip

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