Full oil and filter change and trans fluid and filter change too.

Been meaning to get that **** done for a LONG time now, and I finally found some time to get it done. I switched my trans over to full synthetic fluid, and man does that stuff make a nice difference. But, on with the pics.

Here'* everything I bought:


I wish my car could sit this low:


I can't believe how clean this pan is, when it hasn't been dropped since I installed the trans in the car:


Here'* the magnet:


Before removing the filter, I snapped another pic.


I Got bored wainting for some of the stuff to drip out the trans, so I cleaned up the pan and rattle canned it for ****'* and giggles:


Here'* How clean the magnet and pan came out:


I guess you can use synthetic ATF as PS Fluid...Never knew that:


Here'* the ATF I went with....I heart this stuff now, has a reallly pungent fruity smell to it though...kinda odd:


And all the bigger of I mess I made dropping the trans pan in my driveway:


Next on the list of things that I gotta get taken care of mechanically is Plugs, exhaust, and I need an oil pan gasket.

She'* FINALLY coming along...

i leave spots like that in the driveway when i work on the escort! your picture of products brings back my memory of using fast orange since i was little!

LOL......I bathe in fast orange after I do this stuff....LOL

I tend to wear more than what hits the drain tray lol.

Do all trans oil pans have magnets?

they should

Nice and clean that should make you feel good.

This car after the oil change and switching to Synthetic ATF, drives SO effortlessly now...It'* insane. Feels like a new car when going down the road.

Every tranny pan that I have ever seen myself has a magnet in it.

For 20K on the trans since I did anything with the fluid and filter, I was very pleased with the color of the fluid and the cleanliness of the pan...I was expecting to see a ton of **** and nasty fluid in there.....Thank God that wasn't the case.

Looking good. Syn ATF is the way to go on a newer trans, I will probably switch over to syn before i head down to oregon.
Mobil 1 as well, a really good choice!

Synthetic COULD cause problems on a high-mileage trans. But your pan actually looks quite good after you pulled it. Fluid looks very pink, and the pan is quite clean compared to most.

Ya, the trans in my car is only a 30K unit, had 10K on a rebuild when I bought and installed it. So I've got 20k on it personally, but 30K total.

So I'm not worried about the Synthetic. I was expecting to find a ton of crap in my pan when I dropped it....I beat the snot out of that trans a couple times good, to the point of banging like twice, and that'* all it was? I'll take it! lol