quattro, if your dropping the pan you might as well as update the magnets in there as well to these much stronger ones....they can withstand high heat

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetai...=D82SH&cat=167

 

When I installed my trans oil cooler,I desided to also do a flush on the trans fluid and replace it with Toyota T-IV.I installed the cooler and once I had the lines off that go to the radiator I droped them into a 5 gallon bucket.Removed the drain plug from pan,let fluid drain,filled through the dipstick about 3 quarts.I then started the engine and watched about 2 quarts drain out of one of the lines,shut engine off(I removed the lines to determine the flow,one is output to rad.,other is return)I wanted to make sure that the output flow line was going to be connected to the bottom of the cooler...I then filled through the dipstick 2 more quarts.I continued doing this untill the fluid came out of the line clean(I think I ran 12 or s quarts through it,I had some old T-IV,when it would only come in those big white 4 liter tins)...hooked up the one line to the radiator,then through the new cooler,then to the trans.Started engine,put about one more quart in trans...Drove vehical for several miles,took about another half quart to finish it off.

I did this exact flush procedure to a friends 97 landcruiser with 221k miles!,He didn't want to spend $ on the T-IV,so we used Dex-III.Its been about a year now and he says the trans still feels like new to him.

I switched to T-IV,because I travel and I wanted a higher service interval on the fluid change.I can feel a differance after the T-IV,the trans seems a bit crisper.

Oh,one other thing I did not remove the pan and mess with the screen filter,Its only a fine mesh screen.The chances of it getting clogged to the point that it impeeds flow,and need to be replaced=smoked trans.I know I will probably get flamed for saying that,but I would love to hear how changing one has ever helped a TOYOTA trans.I know lots of Toyota master techs(I used to be one) and I have never ever seen it,along with all the 20 or so techs I know.

 

97ltd4x4, my screen was so clogged i couldn't get past 2nd gear, i've got a thread with pics about this from last year

 

Wow,I have never seen or heard of that,Was it a Factory toyota screen?What was it clogged with?Clutch material?Was the pan ever removed before and resealed?


I'll do a search.

 

whats the info on your truck? mileage, hardcore offroading?? give us more info on that.. also the link would be nice too.. i have never heard of a screen clogging up that bad..

 

lol, you were one of the first to reply in that thread, here it is

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/r...stions-106605/

at that time i prolly had about 130k miles, very light offroading, mostly flat terrain/trails

 

That's one of the worst pans I have seen.Looks like there was no matience done with that fluid,And vehical used for towing or something like that.It takes a long time of abusing a vehical to sludge coat a trans pan...You got to it just in time.I bet the fluid was nasty,or it was brand new to cover up the abuse before you bought it?

 

haha i remember now sorry man... yeah that looked like sheeit..


how does she drive now?? also what kind of atf did you put in?

 

I had a powerflush at 100k, they guy doing it said the fluid was in bad shape, i guess the previous owner didn't do any maintenance whatsoever

 

what kind of atf did you put in it??

 

How many magnets go in the pan?? 6?

 

I didn't get the brand name when I had it powerflushed, i should have checked. It was definitely dex III tho.

 

if you want to keep that atf in good shape bc dexIII is bad about shearing and going to crap quite soon then do 10-15k mile drain and fills.. personally i would be switching to a synthetic dexIII, bc it holds up much much better than its dino counter parts

 

click on mason's other link and it shows how many.. i think its 4 but double check

 

I count 4. I can't remember if the plug is magnetized as well. You may want to look into one of those as well.

 

yeah, i'm going to switch to mobile 1 this week

 

make sure its not the Multivehicle M1.. there are two out now.. the original
M1 and now the multivehicle.. some say its fine but if it doesnt say DEXIII on the bottle then i wouldnt use it.. pretty simple really..... if you can find amsoil i would go with it.. fine stuff!

 

They've got the M1 stuff over at Wally world for about 5.50 a quart. Amsoil is $9 a quart if I'm not mistaken?!?!

Is Amsoil really worth the extra dough?

 

thats a personal question i will not answer


its up to you.. either one will be fine. i am just partial to amsoil bc i know how well it works first hand thats all.. M1 will serve you just fine.

 

I say M1 is the industry standard for all Synthetics. Can't go wrong with the industry standard, can you?