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I would recommend that you buy the Ford mercon one. You can't go wrong buying OEM for transmission fluid. I feel that with engine oil you can pick and choose the brand that you want but transmissions are more delicate when it comes to the fluids they use. I bought my fluid from RockAuto for $6...

And that's why I chose to do it at the interval I did. I do a lot of forest roads up and down mountains. So it's very hot and dusty for the transmission. This was the first fill and drain I did on the truck and they were visible metal shavings when I first cracked open the bolt. I know that's...

If you check the manual tells you exactly what conditions to do it more frequently at. For me it was frequent dusty conditions like driving up and down Forest roads a lot The boat was a painted butt but it came out pretty quick once I got the breaker bar into it and it's a small breaker bar...

Yeah I don't understand how it cost $239. It's easier and quicker than an oil change

If you go to a Ford dealership you can pick it up. I bought mine from rockauto.com and the fluid you're going to need is motorcraft mercon ULV. I paid about $7 per bottle. There's actually a plaque right next to the transmission fill bolt that tells you to only use mercon ULV

Based on the manual you have to adjust the service intervals on the type of driving you do. For most normal driving you don't have to. But there were very fine metal shavings when I first took the bolt out. That is normal to have metal dust or shavings in all transmission types

Thanks! I figured out the hard way about not checking the fill hole first. Long story short but I was young holding the flashlight for my dad while he said a lot of colorful words when he could not get the fill plug out

I did this recently on my 2023 Lariat Lux Hybrid. While Ford and other manufactures say some fluids are lifetime, that's just because they want to say that it is cheap to own a vehicle. Due to the driving style and conditions that the truck operates on I have to preform regular transmission...

I agree with you. If you look at the white papers made by the Ford engineers about this transmission they talk about the limiting factor not being the mechanics of the transmission itself, but in fact being the cooling capacity of the transmission radiator and the media. One thing that's...

$45 at Blackstone Labs. You can also send engine oil for analysis

No you have to use OEM specific because the transmission uses the specific viscosity to not only lubricate but (depending on the transmission) as hydrologic power

You can compare it to the column on that right. Anything in bold is abnormal

Just took a sample amount and replaced that with fresh fluid. Total was like 0.5L Lol yeah I agree

Just took a sample amount and replaced that with fresh fluid. Total was like 0.5L

Just wanted to share what mine looks like with others in case they need it or just to discuss I do a lot of off-road driving to get to my favorite outdoor locations. I decided to do an analysis of my transmission fluid (Motorcraft Mercon ULV) to have a a baseline that I can compare to as time...

Any leaks?

Thanks for putting this together it's very informative. We all just need to start inheriting a lot of cash from our family members lol

I mean they are fixing it for free. Shit happens but at least you don't have to pay for it. I get this is a pain in the ass to schedule and worry about but not that big of a deal

Wow this looks fantastic

I took prefer to drive stick shift. Too bad they are not common anymore