kmank
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- 1995 XLT
Hello Folks. Hope all are well and your Holiday preps are going smoothly.
Well, I know you all must know about Murphy's Law; "If something can go wrong it WILL go wrong", well....need I say more? After going over the different methods of flushing out the transmission fluid that were in a posted thread by 'blenton' ('Great! Now I've got chocolate pudding in my underpants') I decided to go with the method offered by 'Greg J- where he connects hoses to both the feed and return lines that were disconnected from radiator.
In one bucket he filled it with trans fluid and inserted the return line that would go back to tranny and in the other bucket he fastened the pressure/feed line where he would collect the contaminated fluid. It sounded all too good and not too complicated. Yeah, right. Here's where Mr. Murphy will wield his mighty power. I set everything up just as it was written and started 'er up. Would you believe that instead of that line sucking up that new fluid it started pouring out the same strawberry colored fluid that was coming out of the other line that was supposed to feed fluid to the radiator. BOTH lines were pumping(???) out fluid.
What the heck is going on here? Is it possible that this pump that circulates the trans fluid thru the cooling process is a "pressure" pump and not a "suction" pump? But how come it supposedly worked for "Greg J" ? I'm stumped. Anybody out there with a suggestion? Would appreciate any of your knowledge. Thanx. Sorry for the length of this. gk
Well, I know you all must know about Murphy's Law; "If something can go wrong it WILL go wrong", well....need I say more? After going over the different methods of flushing out the transmission fluid that were in a posted thread by 'blenton' ('Great! Now I've got chocolate pudding in my underpants') I decided to go with the method offered by 'Greg J- where he connects hoses to both the feed and return lines that were disconnected from radiator.
In one bucket he filled it with trans fluid and inserted the return line that would go back to tranny and in the other bucket he fastened the pressure/feed line where he would collect the contaminated fluid. It sounded all too good and not too complicated. Yeah, right. Here's where Mr. Murphy will wield his mighty power. I set everything up just as it was written and started 'er up. Would you believe that instead of that line sucking up that new fluid it started pouring out the same strawberry colored fluid that was coming out of the other line that was supposed to feed fluid to the radiator. BOTH lines were pumping(???) out fluid.
What the heck is going on here? Is it possible that this pump that circulates the trans fluid thru the cooling process is a "pressure" pump and not a "suction" pump? But how come it supposedly worked for "Greg J" ? I'm stumped. Anybody out there with a suggestion? Would appreciate any of your knowledge. Thanx. Sorry for the length of this. gk