Wednesday, September 14, 2011

How to change the transmission fluid on a 2000 dodge dakota v8 magnum?

you have to drop the pan to one side as you take the bolts out and make sure the pan is big enough to catch the fluid and don't remove all the bots at one time and tilt the pan to one side real slowly and you can do this without ever spilling a drop of fluid,and like the above answers said be sur and use nothing but atf-4 back in it, anything else and you,ll have problems from it,its kind of tricky getting the pan to loosen up and get it tilted,but after that its matter of letting it all drain out and re-installing the pan and be sure its dry and the gasket makers makes good seal on it,good luckHow to change the transmission fluid on a 2000 dodge dakota v8 magnum?
make sure you use the chrysler trans fluid for this truck the owners manual or the dipstick will tell you what it is over the last several years the manufacturers of gm dodge ford and etc make the fluids different so make sure the fluid is app to the truckHow to change the transmission fluid on a 2000 dodge dakota v8 magnum?
auto remove pan bolts slowly and have a oil catch pan unscrew filter most transmission filter easy they fall out or they screw on two screws

manual remove drain plug and have oil catch pan replace oil no filter

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only use ATF +4. Do not try to let anyone talk you into using any form of Dexron. People think they are interchangeable and they are not.
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