Guest dwj119 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 As some of you know, I lost reverse. Some members recommened cleaning the pan and filter on my 95 XE AT. I plan on giving this a shot this weekend. Some posts say that you have to remove a piece of the exhaust system to drop the pan. Is there any to avoid this? Do you have to put a new gasket on or can you get away with reusing the old one? If you do have to remove a piece of the exhaust system to drop the pan, how hard is it, any special tools needed? Any help, tips are GREATLY appreciated as I am a very novice mechanic and get especially nervous with trannys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spolar93 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 as far as gasket is concerned, yes youll want to replace it, either by using rtv gasket-in-a-tube type deal or getting a new one from a parts store. ill have to look at my pan/exhaust today, since i nee to drop my pan as well, to drill and tap for a temperature sender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I didn't have to remove any exhaust piping to get to the pan. It's a whole bunch of 10mm bolts. Drain the fluid first, of course, and slowly remove the pan. You won't be able to drain all the fluid out of the pan so have a drip pan ready. The pan has a magnet at the outlet of the filter. clean the magnet of metal shavings. the filter itself is not hard to remove. You will need a new gasket. Only special tool is a gasket scraper. I don't really like the cork gaskets. To me, they don't seem to seal well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I don't really like the cork gaskets. To me, they don't seem to seal well. if put on correctly they are better then rubber ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdhicks99 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Use Indian Head shelac, it works well with cork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 if put on correctly they are better then rubber ones. :bow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 :bow: lol. just my opinion based on personal experience.. no need to bow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwj119 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 No need to remove any exhaust parts! Thats music to my hears, usually those bolts are all rusted up and a real PITA. I wonder what those other posts were referrring to that stated they need to remove the crossmember exhaust pipe. Maybe a different model / year? My pathy is a 4x4 if that matters at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 No need to remove any exhaust parts! Thats music to my hears, usually those bolts are all rusted up and a real PITA. I wonder what those other posts were referrring to that stated they need to remove the crossmember exhaust pipe. Maybe a different model / year? My pathy is a 4x4 if that matters at all. i dunno. i have a manual tranny so it's a little different but it looks like one of the exhaust pipes goes accross the pan which may make it a real pita to remove. good luck and let us know how it went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I seem to recall that a couple fo the bolt heads are not easy to get at but with a u-joint socket or a 10mm wrench and a couple bloody knuckles, you should be able to get it out. As for a gasket... no matter if it's cork or rubber, I always smear a little RTV'ish goo on it to help seal it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwj119 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Are you referring to the pan or the crossmemeber exhaust pipe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I want to say he's referring to a couple of bolts towards the front of the tranny pan. The cooler lines are in the way to get to it. I didn't have much trouble use a 1/4" ratchet and extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwj119 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I didn't have to remove any exhaust piping to get to the pan. It's a whole bunch of 10mm bolts. Drain the fluid first, of course, and slowly remove the pan. You won't be able to drain all the fluid out of the pan so have a drip pan ready. The pan has a magnet at the outlet of the filter. clean the magnet of metal shavings. the filter itself is not hard to remove. You will need a new gasket. Only special tool is a gasket scraper. I don't really like the cork gaskets. To me, they don't seem to seal well. This maybe because you have a 2wd (per your profile), I have a 4x4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 exhaust routing is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Luker Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) noice! learned something new! Edited July 14, 2006 by Cuong Nguyen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Luker Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) I should add that my transmission exploded three days later. Then i put in a Junkyard tranny.... which exploded on the way back from the mechanics.... Talk about a sense of humour failure for next few days. Then I had my original tranny rebuild. Been great ever since. Oh the things I do for my pathy. Edited July 14, 2006 by Filthy Luker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 lol. yup.. save yourself the trouble and just use the sawzall right off the bat.. i banged, and bled and cussed before i decided to go to ACE to get new bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OR99.5Speed Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Nice write-up Filthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwj119 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Somebody should put Filthy's writeup in a sticky or howto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwj119 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Just wanted to thank you guys for your help, unfortunately changing the fluid and a new filter did not fix reverse. Guess I'm looking at a rebuild, dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuperSon Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 (edited) Can you maybe add a few more of those donut hi tech magnet in there? :idea: Awesome write up on that and thanks for sharing it with us Luker Edited November 14, 2006 by SuperSon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 well... changed my filter and fluid on Sunday of last week, lost reverse today beyond pissed right now... looks like its gonna be a whole new tranny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrik Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 well... changed my filter and fluid on Sunday of last week, lost reverse today beyond pissed right now... looks like its gonna be a whole new tranny Were you experiencing any symptoms before the maintenance operation, was the failure caused by faulty maint. during the fluid/filter change, or was this just an unfortunate coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empathy Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I had a recent flush and filtre change. The mechanic did not totally drop the pan because he said the exaust pipe were in the way and it would have cost me more to remove whatever pipes were in the way. He said the flush was still done and it was caulked up good after the flush. i now have a slow leak from somewhere. I have a 95 xe 4x4. Does anyone recommend tranny leak stuff? I am thinking that the mechanic should have dropped the pipes to do abetter job. Not sure if the new gasket in the kit was used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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