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Originally Posted by Sugar Bear
In my opinion you probably didn't do damage by the slight overfill. It is possible but unlikely.
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It's a dilemma. Not knowing is always tough. The business about the fluid being full of micro friction devices sometimes known as metal shavings is sort of a trip.
Here's a possibility. Drain all the fluid, save it and the old filter and put in new stuff.
If I suddenly get a wild increase in slippage, I'll drain it and put back the old filter and fluid. If indeed the micro friction from wear is real, don't need a nice clean filter extracting all of that from the broken-in fluid.
On a related note since the tranny started acting up two years ago I've seen two really clean SDL's at Pick n Pull, both with transmissions intact. There's something cruel about not being able to contact the seller, the last owner. I can only imagine they would be plenty happy to give some brief insight into the health of the transmission. I've tried it. The best answer I can get is I would need an DMV insider to get me that name and phone number just from the VIN. I might need to cultivate a Pick and pull insider, and offer them a not creepy bribe so that I could call some guy up and politely ask him if that tranny's still working.
Doing a flush and filter change would be a dress rehearsal for checking a boneyard tranny to see what the fluid, filter, and magnet looked like. I don't think they puncture the bottom of transmissions to drain the fluid the way they do on drain pans sometimes - very strange -I went looking for a drain pan. They all had big holes in them. But even if they did, I could use the cover off my existing tranny.
A tranny is $250 at Pick 'n Pull. I'm wondering if one that was clean inside is worth the gamble. Also, I would need to come up with some way to catch the fluid. Wouldn't want to be wallowing in it and wouldn't want to piss anyone off.