S90 Transmission question...

[precopster]

Glad to hear that driving the car is now possible.

[AaronSales]

I wonder why they made it so difficult to check the trans fluid?! I nearly tore my arm off getting to the little dipstick...
Anyway, the dipstick is clean and the fluid is bright red and appears to be full. (I checked it with the car in Park...engine NOT running.)
The fella I go it from recently said he always just flushed the trans fluid by the cooler lines...He had never changed the filter. (He had it for 8 years and put 283,000 km on it...The car has a total of 450,000 km.)

Is it possible that the filter has "expired" even though the fluid appears nice and clean?!

The way I check the fluid is to use a 1/2" breaker bar. Push it in the square slot & rotate about 90 degrees then pull out, putting it back is the reverse, rotate it after it's been put in so the clip hold the stick and you can pull the breaker bar out. I think it's silly but that's how I do it and I don't hurt myself.

[anbran1]

Great idea! I'll give it a whirl...
I was going to try something such as a drumstick?!

[lindy8_man]

The way I check the fluid is to use a 1/2" breaker bar. Push it in the square slot & rotate about 90 degrees then pull out, putting it back is the reverse, rotate it after it's been put in so the clip hold the stick and you can pull the breaker bar out. I think it's silly but that's how I do it and I don't hurt myself.

Good Golly! Aaron Sales you are a friggin genius! Thanks for saving my arm from burns and filthy stains!