For clean ATF level checking, I try to get fluid warm and check with temperature gun on top of case. Then I remove the dip stick and wipe with clean cloth (best to use lint free). Then I put the drip stick fully into the tube and remove carefully. Then I use a white cloth or paper pressed against th...

Poking and prodding moved the heat shield and stopped the rattle?
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An alternative measurement method you may try: Get a small, clear tube that has OD about the width of the dip stick. Make it open on both ends and long enough to get in the transmission and extend out to where you can reach the outer end. The tube should be straight when at rest. Make a tape mark th...

Our vision of retirement was traveling the United States and other countries by plane, train and automobile.
The reality is occasional travel to nearby counties by old Volvo.
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I Think, using Sta-bil fuel treatment all the time would be prudent.
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Keep up the maintenance on your current vehicles and make them last.
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20 by 32 foot, wood frame with metal siding and roof. Includes repair space and tool storage.
just kidding
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Test your theory by taking a length of the silicone hose, capping one end and attach a hand vacuum pump to the other end. Pull vacuum on the tube and see if it collapses. Note the level of vacuum at partial collapse and compare to the engine vacuum during a hard pull. Others will need to provide rou...

I do not think there is a critical number of miles between drain and refills. I do think some miles of driving are needed to mix the old and new fluid. I think it is more important for the new, high detergent ATF to circulate and clean up deposits in the transmission. Then the next drain and fill wi...

In every search by every logical person, the object is found in the last place you look.
Because then the logical person stops searching.

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