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Ideas on Changing Auto Tranny Fluid

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I recently bought a car with an automatic transmission, specific maintenance history unknown. It shifts and runs just fine, 138000 miles, but I like to get maintenance items on "my" schedule. Fluid isn"t burnt, but it isn"t new. Would you go ahead and drop the pan and do the fluid/filter? Or just suck what I can out of the dipstick and replace that?

At this age, I"m not going to flush it. I don"t want to knock stuff loose.

Thanks for any input

(The car is a 2001 Taurus 24V, but I don"t want to get into a brand war or reputation dispute etc. It"s a farm truck mile-saver)
 
I'd take a cooler line off, then start it just 'til the oil quits flowing, then shut it down and drop the pan and change the filter.
 
Done thousands of flushes and have yet to see anything get knocked loose and cause a problem.

Flush and filter is the best thing to do.
 
I just did the same thing on my 96 Dodge truck. 137,000 mi wasen't burnt, but was dirty. I removed the pan changed filter, added new fluid. I removed the cooler line pumped out a couple qts. Then added a couple qts. I needed to put my dodge in drive, for it to come out. You will use more fluid than the transmission holds before the fluid comes out clean. It does make a mess. Stan
 
Drop the pan and clean out sediment,install filter kit and refill with CORRECT Mercon V fluid.

At this point,you COULD flush it safely,but not a must.
 
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