Tranny fluid question

[My98xplorer]

I changed the tranny filter and fluid today on my 98 Sport. I went to Discount and bought all te stuff, and i asked the guy behind the counter that looked up the part number for the filter if it said how many quarts of fluid i need. He told me 4. I got home and checked the owners manual cause that didnt seem right, and sure enough it said 9.75. So i drained the fluid, changed the filter and i was replacing the fluid, when i got to the 5th quart it started to overflow on me. I let it go down and checked the level and it was in the cross section which means dont add any more. The question is, when i drop the pan, am i only really changing about half of the fluid? The tranny seems to shift a little smoother, there was nothing wrong before, just preventive maintnence. I checked the fluid after driving it for a while and it was still just right. Any ideas where the rest of the fluid is??

 

[gavin]

when you drain the pan, there is still fluid in the torque converter. The torque converter can hold roughly 50% of the fluid, if not more. Generally the pan only holds around 3-4 quarts.