That yellow part in the pan protected the transmission during assembly at the plant. It just means that you were the first person to drop the pan,and change filter/ fluid.
Reminds me when i changed the trans fluid on my Buick. Dropped the pan to discover no magnet and the previous service used a liquid gasket that hardened. Had to run to one of my local GM dealerships and got a magnet and I had ordered an OEM gasket from RockAuto and several quarts of DEXRON-VI fluid (she came from the factory with DEXRON-III but III was discontinued years ago, VI is backwards compatible and a full synthetic fluid). And it was a process let me tell ya. I was covered in old trans fluid, made a mess in the driveway with my tiny drain pan and that little field trip to the Chevrolet dealership and scraping off that old gasket material made the estimated 1 hour process take half the damn day, started at noon ended at 5. And everyone was criticizing me about it saying “YOURE GONNA RUIN THE TRANSMISSION!!! NEVER CHANGE THE FLUID!!!” Well 4000 Miles in and she’s still shifting like a dream. Granted I know it’s not long but I’m definitely gonna send the trans fluid off to be analyzed and see how she’s wearing.
Good detail step-by-step. I'll do that at 500,000 miles, for now I've been having the dealership do it $347.00 dollars trans and coolant. Every 50,000 miles starting from when I reach 100,000 miles. 217,000 miles now driving well no leaks. Thanks...
@@FordBossMe Copy that ! when I have my own car lift installed in my garage. That's in the works. Getting to old to be on my back with just jack stands. "Thanks for your feedback and video"....
I committed on another one of your PP vids about one of my customers who bought a police Crown Vic that was having transmission issues; I went looking for it and I came across this vid. Update; he got it into a transmission shop and it’s going to cost $2850 to have it rebuilt. I asked him how many miles the car had and he said 80,000. I told him everything you learned me about these transmissions especially the DON’TS. Turns out it was flushed right before they sold it to him. It started giving him issues a few months later. You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT about transmission care! He is a young fella; 21, and he said he is done doing doughnuts after coughing up almost $3000….LOL
I just left my local dealer. Told them I wanted the pan dropped and the filter replaced NOT a flush. My female service advisor said ok let me find a price for that. Her male Co worker says we don't do that. He says sir we flush the transmission which replaces ALL the fluid. I said well the car has 115k miles and I'm not the first owner so I don't know that I want all the fluid pumped out. These "people" want to charge me 275.00 to flush the transmission and they told me they were not going to change the filter or drop the pan in that price. I politely removed myself and came home. Thinking I may be better following this video and doing it myself now! 😡
Mine had the yellow plug in pan. Fluid was discolored but not burnt. Magnet had very little on it. My rear seal is leaking a bit. I was told the 2003 does not have a converter drain plug. The filter seal was a pain to get out it was hard as a rock. I went the extra mile and painted the pan. That dip stick is hell with that hose when engine is hot. Why they put that thing there is crazy.
What do you think about putting in royal purple full synthetic oil on the transmission for a 08 crown Vic? I don’t see any videos of anybody using it ? You’re honest opinion on this..
@@guy990 I'm not sure what you mean by filling it with oil first when you fill it up that oil sits up so far into that filter that it saturates it so you don't need to fill it up
Everyone, please read J Hill"s comment. He is absolutely correct about the torque converter having a drain plug. I drained mine on my 2001 town car. This plug should be on all vehicles.
@@FordBossMe This was years ago but there were some 4.6L dorman intake manifolds that straddled the divot holes on the heads for the old intake gaskets. U are supposed to fill with RTV or it runs lean. They may have corrected it IDK.
I have a 2002 Lincoln town car I bought it at 65 k miles and have never touched or seen trans fluid but when accelerating itl have to put the pedal down more it has a rougher idle than before when it had no noise or shake whatsoever ever, when I do get up to speed it looses it quickly. When accelerating I feel when the gears change but when I have to press in the gas it’s roughy change
It's hard to tell man I don't know what to even tell you right now it's hard for me to follow exactly what you're saying because it's no offense to you you're kind of all over the place I would think that a complete tune-up I would start with I would check for vacuum leaks I would make sure that the transmission torque converter is operating appropriately and you have to have a Trans Tech look at that
I have a 1999 Lincoln Towncar with 152k miles on it. Im taking a 2k miles trip this spring and wanted to change the tanny fluid before hand. I dont believe it has ever been changed before. Would you recommend a full fluid change or mix half new fluid with half old? I've heard different opinions.
I have an ‘05 LTC with 94,000 . Should I have it flushed or change filter, gasket and refilled? I’ve heard all kinds of horror stories about flushing. Thanks for your videos.
I've got a question about oil type. I've been seeing a lot of stuff on forums saying that Ford changed the oil type on the towncars from 5w-30 to 5w-20. Do you know if this is true or if one is better than the other? I know this video is on transmission but I wanted to ask you given that you work on ford vehicles and drive a Lincoln town car.
It was only for like 2 or 3 years back in the early 2000s did it and it wasn't even that big of a deal you can actually run 5w 30 or 5 W 20 no problem at all it's in your manual
Why not drain the torque converter as well it has a drain plug on it just manual crank the engine over with a big ratchet and remove the plastic cover on the bell housing. I did mine a few years ago on my towncar and the shifting was much better.
There's absolutely no reason to do that the fluid was already clean to begin with and on top of that if the fluids dirty you're probably going cause that trans to fail due to loosing alot of material and fresh clean detergents, I've done it on a personal vehicle and it was toast after it's a industry standard NO/NO
Yes ! I realized this on my '01 town car. I was very pleased to find it and be able to drain the torque converter. This should be on all vehicles with a torque converter. I used a large flat screwdriver to turn the flywheel in order to get the drain plug into position.
Nice and simple video. I am curious though: Don't those transmissions hold about 12 quarts of fluid? So if you only drain about 5 quarts out and then refill, and if you mix the new with the old it just seems there is more old than new and it would seem like it wouldn't help much by mixing the fluids together.
That is the best way to do it when you're servicing a Transmission that has got some miles on it you don't want to drop everything in the vehicle because at that point your really going to cause some problems and when I pulled the fluid out it wasn't very dirty the key component here is the filter
One of the employees at the dealership where I work has a Raptor that's been tuned and he contacted the guy that tuned it and they sent him an updated tune with the Ford information on the tune for the new program
@@FordBossMe Makes sense. I am planning on doing my TC soon. I am not sure if it ever had a transmission service but I would assume it had at least a few services because the fluid looks pretty good for 236K if it's never been changed.
I have a 2000 lincoln town car. When driving, shakes as I accelerate.. mechanic says it will cost $200.00 to service changing transmission fluid. Does this price sounds reasonable?? Thanks in advance😊
The problem is once the vehicle gets to the point where it starts to shake and stutter is pretty much gone Now it could be as simple as a filter change and no fluid put the old fluid back in could be as simple as low fluid and just needs to be topped off Now if you go change a lot of the fluid and filter you may get a day or two out of it and the transmission be done or you could get lucky and that picture problem Let me get with my transmission guy on Monday and ask for his best recommendation I know about transmissions and I work on them but he specializes in them
@@lonnieac3 I had a 98 Town car doing the exact same thing I changed the fluid and the torque converter drain that was 5 years and 60,000 mi later still running good got lucky
The only other way would be to actually hook a transmission up to the lines and flush it that way to get all 13 out You could drop the pan like I did in this video and then pull the valve body and get even more out but I didn't recommend doing that For the most part 99.9% of people out there just need the basic pan drop and filter
@@Wxsharpe There's a drain plug on the converter just take out the plastic plug on the bell housing and use a ratchet with an extension to drain the converter. You'll have to rotate the engine with a long ratchet to align the converter drain plug to the hole on the bell housing.
There are different types of services it just all depends on what you're trying to do at the time, You have a pan drop and filter service You have a full inline pressure flush And then there is something called a dipstick 80 to 90% flush
With this vehicle having lots of miles it's safer for me to do a pan drop to start with and filter rather than changing everything and shock the system possibly causing the trans to start slipping
Nice video. Appreciate the info about the old gasket in the filter hole. Thanks again
That yellow part in the pan protected the transmission during assembly at the plant.
It just means that you were the first person to drop the pan,and change filter/ fluid.
Yeah I covered this in another video pretty surprised that it was as clean as it was
Reminds me when i changed the trans fluid on my Buick.
Dropped the pan to discover no magnet and the previous service used a liquid gasket that hardened. Had to run to one of my local GM dealerships and got a magnet and I had ordered an OEM gasket from RockAuto and several quarts of DEXRON-VI fluid (she came from the factory with DEXRON-III but III was discontinued years ago, VI is backwards compatible and a full synthetic fluid). And it was a process let me tell ya.
I was covered in old trans fluid, made a mess in the driveway with my tiny drain pan and that little field trip to the Chevrolet dealership and scraping off that old gasket material made the estimated 1 hour process take half the damn day, started at noon ended at 5. And everyone was criticizing me about it saying “YOURE GONNA RUIN THE TRANSMISSION!!! NEVER CHANGE THE FLUID!!!”
Well 4000 Miles in and she’s still shifting like a dream. Granted I know it’s not long but I’m definitely gonna send the trans fluid off to be analyzed and see how she’s wearing.
So how did it go?
@@alejandrobarranco9582 Well
I sold that car and the punk I sold it to wrecked it so she’s probably in a scrapyard. So idk
Good detail step-by-step. I'll do that at 500,000 miles, for now I've been having the dealership do it $347.00 dollars trans and coolant. Every 50,000 miles starting from when I reach 100,000 miles. 217,000 miles now driving well no leaks. Thanks...
pretty easy to do
@@FordBossMe Copy that ! when I have my own car lift installed in my garage. That's in the works. Getting to old to be on my back with just jack stands. "Thanks for your feedback and video"....
I committed on another one of your PP vids about one of my customers who bought a police Crown Vic that was having transmission issues; I went looking for it and I came across this vid. Update; he got it into a transmission shop and it’s going to cost $2850 to have it rebuilt. I asked him how many miles the car had and he said 80,000. I told him everything you learned me about these transmissions especially the DON’TS. Turns out it was flushed right before they sold it to him. It started giving him issues a few months later. You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT about transmission care! He is a young fella; 21, and he said he is done doing doughnuts after coughing up almost $3000….LOL
Poor fella it's going to be an expensive fix
I just left my local dealer. Told them I wanted the pan dropped and the filter replaced NOT a flush. My female service advisor said ok let me find a price for that. Her male Co worker says we don't do that. He says sir we flush the transmission which replaces ALL the fluid. I said well the car has 115k miles and I'm not the first owner so I don't know that I want all the fluid pumped out. These "people" want to charge me 275.00 to flush the transmission and they told me they were not going to change the filter or drop the pan in that price. I politely removed myself and came home. Thinking I may be better following this video and doing it myself now! 😡
Mine had the yellow plug in pan. Fluid was discolored but not burnt. Magnet had very little on it. My rear seal is leaking a bit. I was told the 2003 does not have a converter drain plug. The filter seal was a pain to get out it was hard as a rock. I went the extra mile and painted the pan. That dip stick is hell with that hose when engine is hot. Why they put that thing there is crazy.
What do you think about putting in royal purple full synthetic oil on the transmission for a 08 crown Vic? I don’t see any videos of anybody using it ? You’re honest opinion on this..
I wouldn't, I'd keep running what goes in there but then again I don't know your product
Really helpful video
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@@FordBossMe do you fill the filter with atf or do you leave it dry
@@guy990 I'm not sure what you mean by filling it with oil first
when you fill it up that oil sits up so far into that filter that it saturates it so you don't need to fill it up
Everyone, please read J Hill"s comment. He is absolutely correct about the torque converter having a drain plug. I drained mine on my 2001 town car. This plug should be on all vehicles.
It's not though so don't spread bad info
I bought a new pan with a plug. Ford actually sold those as an accessory. I got mine from Dorman, they can't really screw that up :lol:
I'm not sure what you're referencing here
When you say they can't really screw that up
@@FordBossMe Are you familiar with dorman parts? I have many war stories from them :lol:
@alb12345672 I used doorman manifolds on this car last week when I pulled everything apart and cleaned and put new manifolds on
@@FordBossMe This was years ago but there were some 4.6L dorman intake manifolds that straddled the divot holes on the heads for the old intake gaskets. U are supposed to fill with RTV or it runs lean. They may have corrected it IDK.
I have a 2002 Lincoln town car I bought it at 65 k miles and have never touched or seen trans fluid but when accelerating itl have to put the pedal down more it has a rougher idle than before when it had no noise or shake whatsoever ever, when I do get up to speed it looses it quickly. When accelerating I feel when the gears change but when I have to press in the gas it’s roughy change
It has 69 k miles
I have changed the egr valve 5 spark plugs, battery, fair filter
Can I get it back to a grade condition or is it dead
I do hear ticking time to time I thought it was the oil but no now I assume it might be the trans
It's hard to tell man I don't know what to even tell you right now it's hard for me to follow exactly what you're saying because it's no offense to you you're kind of all over the place
I would think that a complete tune-up I would start with I would check for vacuum leaks I would make sure that the transmission torque converter is operating appropriately and you have to have a Trans Tech look at that
I have a 1999 Lincoln Towncar with 152k miles on it.
Im taking a 2k miles trip this spring and wanted to change the tanny fluid before hand.
I dont believe it has ever been changed before. Would you recommend a full fluid change or mix half new fluid with half old?
I've heard different opinions.
I would drop what's in the pan and change the filter and that's it on this run
@@FordBossMe okay so no mixing needed?
Thank you very much.
@@joewestrich7393 just top it off with whatever comes up you're going to mix some of the newer stuff with the older stuff that's fine
Cool vid! Question: Is it OK to tow with a Town Car? Thinking a small camper trailer, around 3000 lbs. Thanks man!
Follow up questions, Will I need a Trans Cooler and stiffer shocks to tow? Info much appreciated!
the trans cooler wouldn't hurt but not necessary, the towing capacity on a Lincoln Town Car it's only 2,000 pounds
@@FordBossMe Thanks Boss!
Trans cooler is incorporated with a/c condenser.
Late comment - As long as you have a really good Watts Link you should be able to pull a lot more than 3000lbs.
Due, All American Corporation now run by CEO of Indian, Chinese
Good viedo.
When servicing the rear diff on 2004 TC, does it take an additive? Thks.
I use a Valvoline 75-140 with friction modifier in it already
If you're looking for specifics it says us can use 80w 90 with xl-3 friction modifier
We have a Valvoline 75-140 that already has the modifier in it so that's what I used
So in Canada it says you can use 75-140 with friction modifier cxl 3
Also in Canada it says you can use 80w 90 with cxl 3
I have an ‘05 LTC with 94,000 . Should I have it flushed or change filter, gasket and refilled? I’ve heard all kinds of horror stories about flushing. Thanks for your videos.
I would do the filter and a pan drop and that's it
And then in 40,000 miles recheck again
@@FordBossMe Thank you, sir. Will do.
if a town car limo only go into reverse is there anything to try or new transmission?
Probably going to have to put a transmission in it or valve body
I've got a question about oil type. I've been seeing a lot of stuff on forums saying that Ford changed the oil type on the towncars from 5w-30 to 5w-20. Do you know if this is true or if one is better than the other?
I know this video is on transmission but I wanted to ask you given that you work on ford vehicles and drive a Lincoln town car.
It was only for like 2 or 3 years back in the early 2000s did it and it wasn't even that big of a deal you can actually run 5w 30 or 5 W 20 no problem at all it's in your manual
Do you seal the transmission with a gasket?
Yes
Why not drain the torque converter as well it has a drain plug on it just manual crank the engine over with a big ratchet and remove the plastic cover on the bell housing.
I did mine a few years ago on my towncar and the shifting was much better.
There's absolutely no reason to do that the fluid was already clean to begin with and on top of that if the fluids dirty you're probably going cause that trans to fail
due to loosing alot of material and fresh clean detergents, I've done it on a personal vehicle and it was toast after
it's a industry standard NO/NO
Yes ! I realized this on my '01 town car. I was very pleased to find it and be able to drain the torque converter. This should be on all vehicles with a torque converter. I used a large flat screwdriver to turn the flywheel in order to get the drain plug into position.
Nice and simple video. I am curious though: Don't those transmissions hold about 12 quarts of fluid? So if you only drain about 5 quarts out and then refill, and if you mix the new with the old it just seems there is more old than new and it would seem like it wouldn't help much by mixing the fluids together.
That is the best way to do it when you're servicing a Transmission that has got some miles on it you don't want to drop everything in the vehicle because at that point your really going to cause some problems and when I pulled the fluid out it wasn't very dirty
the key component here is the filter
One of the employees at the dealership where I work has a Raptor that's been tuned and he contacted the guy that tuned it and they sent him an updated tune with the Ford information on the tune for the new program
@@FordBossMe Makes sense. I am planning on doing my TC soon. I am not sure if it ever had a transmission service but I would assume it had at least a few services because the fluid looks pretty good for 236K if it's never been changed.
do it the same way I did here
@@FordBossMe I sure will. Thanks for the info!
So guys is it 4 or 5 quarts to fill in???
Depends 4ish to 5
Should I change a 97 200K mike car
Never been done
Filter service and pan drop but jot a complete flush
Let a trans guy give you his advice
@@FordBossMe thanks so much will do
I have a 2000 lincoln town car. When driving, shakes as I accelerate.. mechanic says it will cost $200.00 to service changing transmission fluid. Does this price sounds reasonable?? Thanks in advance😊
I need to make a video about this I would not get the trans service right now or else you're going to make the trans go out
The problem is once the vehicle gets to the point where it starts to shake and stutter is pretty much gone
Now it could be as simple as a filter change and no fluid put the old fluid back in
could be as simple as low fluid and just needs to be topped off
Now if you go change a lot of the fluid and filter you may get a day or two out of it and the transmission be done or you could get lucky and that picture problem
Let me get with my transmission guy on Monday and ask for his best recommendation I know about transmissions and I work on them but he specializes in them
@@FordBossMe I appreciate your response & thank u!! Look forward to hearing from u!!
@@lonnieac3 I had a 98 Town car doing the exact same thing I changed the fluid and the torque converter drain that was 5 years and 60,000 mi later still running good got lucky
@@StevenAwsomeYoda I hope that's all that needs to be done with my car. Thanks tho😊
Wow. Doesn't look like that's ever seen salt lol
What are your thoughts on tranny fluid flushes vs dropping the pan?
I do both
If it's low miles flush, if it's 70k or above pan drop and filter
I've seen those filters swimming in the pan :lol:
Why does the manual say 13 quarts?
That's including the torque converter this is just a pan drop service
I would never do a full service on a vehicle with some miles on it just the pan drop and filter that's it
I guess the only way to flush the torque converter is to drop the trans.
The only other way would be to actually hook a transmission up to the lines and flush it that way to get all 13 out
You could drop the pan like I did in this video and then pull the valve body and get even more out but I didn't recommend doing that
For the most part 99.9% of people out there just need the basic pan drop and filter
@@Wxsharpe There's a drain plug on the converter just take out the plastic plug on the bell housing and use a ratchet with an extension to drain the converter. You'll have to rotate the engine with a long ratchet to align the converter drain plug to the hole on the bell housing.
I missed the part when you removed the draining plug
there is no plug, never mentioned a plug
Why didn’t you change all of the fluid
There are different types of services it just all depends on what you're trying to do at the time,
You have a pan drop and filter service
You have a full inline pressure flush
And then there is something called a dipstick 80 to 90% flush
With this vehicle having lots of miles it's safer for me to do a pan drop to start with and filter rather than changing everything and shock the system possibly causing the trans to start slipping
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Enjoy your video, good stuffs. Are you going to spay a rust preventive under your Lincoln?? Check out “Mustie1” video on rust proofing frame.
Yes, I used an acid wash..... and I herculined the whole rear of the car