"Built_Well" <Built_Well_Toyota@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Ray O wrote:
>>
>> It is not necessary to replace the screen, clean the magnets,
>> or clean the transmission pan itself under normal conditions
> ========
>
> Well, you're right, Ray. That's why I said after 20 years...
How many 20 year old transmission screens (actually called a strainer)
have
you looked at that need replacement? I haven't seen any. Have you ever
even seen a transmission strainer?
> And I'm nearly certain it's not an FIPG (formed-in-place or
> foam-in-place) gasket. Instead you buy the gasket at the
> dealer****p for $16.
>
FIPG = formed-in-place gasket.
> A challenge with the 18 bolts is they each require seal packing
> that must be applied within a certain time limit. Plus 5 or 6
> of the bolts are really hard to get to.
>
> But as I mentioned, this is a job that you might want to
> do after 20 years, not regularly.
I've mentioned several times that changing the transmission strainer is
not
necessary, but you do not have to take my word and experience for it.
Read
the owner's manual and factory repair manual and see if you can find any
recommendation from the folks who built the car to ever change the
strainer
as part of a preventative maintenance procedure.
I don't know why you are so insistent on changing the strainer. In close
to
40 years of working on cars, I have never seen a transmission fail because
the strainer wasn't changed. For 15 of those years, that included talking
to over 100 dealers who worked on hundreds of thousands of vehicles.
If changing the engine oil or getting lug nuts tightened properly is a
challenge, then dropping the pan, changing the strainer, and getting to
back
together without tra****ng your $3,000 transmission is going to be a HUGE
challenge. On a 20 year old vehicle, you will likely snap several bolts
off
and have to drill and tap the transmission case, and if that is not done
correctly, the transmission is trashed. If the magnets are placed in the
incorrect position, they can block one or more fluid tubes, which could
trash the transmission. If the gasket slips out of position or the
bolts
are not tightened correctly, the fluid could leak out, which would trash
the
transmission. In other words, why take so many chances to trash the
transmission to do something that is unnecessary?
--
Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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