Thread: Any tips on tranny fluid change?
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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Default Re: Any tips on tranny fluid change?
To check the fluid I used a length of speedometer cable ( before they had electronic speedos N. Tesla had designed a moving magnetic speedo driven by a flex cable). [Yeah the group is named after that Tesla, and the international unit of Magnetism is named a tesla, Gauss got bumped on that one.

The cable easily snaked down the tube and bottomed to the pan, giving me a good dip stick. I measured a distance of fluid of 3.66" from the bottom up, FYI. The IR gun will not sense thru aluminum for two reasons. First the heat line and the resolution of the heat gun are not too precise. Two: You can not measure shiny (natural finish) metals due to low emissivity errors. If you wanna measure metal spray it with paint or place a layer of tape on the surface to accurately sense the temperature.

Thermally yours, Woody
 
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