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mplafleur · #4 08-11-2002, 11:00 AM

The drain is at the rear of the pan, so I would think that raising the front would help the draining.

My book says that that my tranny with converter holds 6.6 liters and if you change the fluid without draining the torque converter you only add 5.5 liters. That means that the converter hold 1.1 liters.

BUT:

When I took my pan off and changed the fluid a week or so ago, I added 5 quarts. My pan seal still leaked and I was going on vacation, so I left my car at the MB dealer. They told me that I overfilled by about two quarts, so that makes me wonder how much tranny fluid you can put in if you don't drain the converter.

Also, if you don't need to remove the pan, I wouldn't. It may not seal again. Unless you are having slipping problems and wont to look and see if there is any band material on the bottom of the pan.

I must say that the pan on my MB was the cleanest of any pan I have ever seen!