7. at this point your ready to fill. it is very important that the car is level or the tranny will not take both qts. it will start to spill from the fill hole before the right amount is in there. take your oil and start to fill slowly.

8. after you have close to 2qts in the tranny it'll start to spill from the fill hole. at that point remove the funnel and install the fill plug.

Thats it.tighten both plugs and put your tire back on and live happy knowing Ford didnt put the wrong sh!t in. Also the recommended interval for the tranny is BS. It should be done at least every 30k at the longest

 

This is a great writeup. One thing I would recommend doing a little differently, and it's a general good practice. Remove the top fill plug before you remove the bottom drain plug.

This avoids a situation where you drained the oil first and stripped out the fill plug or broke the tool and are left with no way to fill the trans back up.

 

The reason i leave the fill plug in is because if you pull it first and open the bottom plug the fluid gets all over the place. In other words it keeps it from draining really fast and getting all over the frame. But yes you are right however if you strip either one your screwed anyhow

 

I like this


Amazon.com: Plews 55001 Lubrimatic Fluid Quart Pump, Fits Standard Quart Bottles: Automotive

 

I like this

Amazon.com: Plews 55001 Lubrimatic Fluid Quart Pump, Fits Standard Quart Bottles: Automotive

Plus 1, I used this squirty device and it worked like a charm. Did not screw onto the motul bottle, neck was to big, but it worked fine.

 

Good write up. Definitely the easiest way to fill up the trains with stuff laying around the house if you don't have a pump. Same way I did it.

Also if you don't want to shorten an Allen wrench you can do like I did and use an 8mm Allen socket and an 8mm box end wrench, works great especially if it's really tight. You can get some good leverage.

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Good write up. Definitely the easiest way to fill up the trains with stuff laying around the house if you don't have a pump. Same way I did it.

Also if you don't want to shorten an Allen wrench you can do like I did and use an 8mm Allen socket and an 8mm box end wrench, works great especially if it's really tight. You can get some good leverage.
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Keeps the allen straighter also, preventing twist and stripping forces. Brilliant!

 

Thanks for the write up!

 

Any shifting changes/improvements? Thanks for the write up.

 

This was the fourth time I've done my tranny and used the OEM fluid till now. I never noticed a difference till now. The Motul fluid has made a big improvement I highly recomend it. Smooth as butter

 

Damn fine write-up. Thanks for that.

 

I need to do this.

 

ditto...only been 10k since i did mine but i feel it again....pretty easy...i use a hopkins flo tool too and it makes it simple.

I drove it last night and it shift sooooo smothe ........... Like butterrrrrrrrr

thats what she said

where did you get your german liquids? @SIstomper was it "ford approved" or just something that you liked

 

Nice write up

 

No no no ..... The dealership says do it every 100,000 miles..... I trust them

 

Any recommendations on mileage interval for this? My old truck I did it every 30k but it was an auto, I don't trust Ford's service intervals at all (100k for trans fluid & spark plugs?!?!)

 

It all in what you feel comfortable with. A lot of people will think I'm crazy but I do mine every 10k

 

BTW its cheaper also. $22 a qt compared to $31 for the Ford stuff

 

What auto parts store did you find it at for that price if you don't mind me asking.

 

Nice write up.. and nice jack. Only because I have the same one

 

China Freight baby 79 bucks lol

 

Use a big drain pan. When I popped the drain plug, the oil sprayed onto the control arm mount and made a huge mess.
I removed my inner fender liner as well, made access a breeze. A regular L shaped 8'm Allen worked just fine for me, no need to cut it.

 

Motul will work great and its on motul website as recommended

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Bookmarked for future reference. Thanks for the write up!

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I switched to motul dctf yesterday from OEM. I had 32k and changed the fluid already at 20k with OEM. Before: upshifts were smooth, downshifts into 3rd, and even more in 2nd were difficult no matter the temperature. After (35 miles of driving): Upshifts feel similiar, maybe a little smoother, downshifts into 3rd feel better, and also slightly better into 2nd but still much room for improvement. Hoping shifts continue to improve with time and mileage.

 

Changed mine too. I used the pump the screws onto the bottle. @Mueller Motorwerks sells Motul products.

 

Changed my gearbox oil today to the Motul Multi DCTF. 37.5k on the factory oil, and it was coffee colored. Drove around for a while and the shifts are noticeably smoother. My troublesome third gear feels night and day better. Will see how it goes with additional miles on the Motul oil.

 

Good to hear. It gets better

 

About 100 miles on the Motul and shifts are still butter smooth. I have no idea how Ford could recommend a 100k change interval. It should be 20-30k max.

$50 for oil is nothing; do your car a favor and make the change. Maybe @Mueller Motorwerks could set up a group buy.

 

Just ordered a couple quarts of this stuff. I'm over 40K now so it certainly can't hurt.

Tappin' with my G3

 

Even my car at 19K miles, the trans fluid came out a dark coffee brown color. Not that that's necessarily bad, but compared to the clear color of the Motul, I was surprised. I was expecting my trans fluid to look a little cleaner than it did.

 

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but how did you lower the car with the wheel off?

 

Lower the jack.

 

Well, I guess I made a mistake when ordering this stuff from eBay. Instead of the DCTF, I bought the CVTF oil. Does anybody know if the CVTF oil will work, or should I return it?

 

It wont work. you'll need to return it. Its not WSS-M2C200-D2

 

Return it!

 

thanks for posting this!