auto tranny fluid change

I looked around in my tacoma, i see see where i fill the trans fluid!

 

If it's an auto, you'll find the dipstick. If it's a manual, you won't. Check the users manual or visit a garage and have the mechanic point it out if you can't find it.

 

all im gonna say...and only one more time.....there is a specific process you have to go thru replacing the fluid in the tacomas with the "ws" sealed transmission.

 

man, you dont understand!! I hate other people touching my truck!!! I get so nervous and depress because of it. I want to do it myself as much as i can, except tire. I can't balance tire and taking it out too well.

 

hey...i understand completely.....i dont like people f'n with my truck too much either....but some things are better left to the dealership or garage that has the right tools for the job. the fluid in the "ws" trannys has to be heated up to a certain temp and checked that way.....long process.

hell...if i had an alignment machine and tire balancing machine....i'd never go anywhere else!!

 

i'll download a copy, where the link?

 

here ya go......... scroll down and you'll see it.

 

where did u find this link? anyway, where can i buy a repair manual? dealer?
or from toyota?

 

this is the repair manual...what toyota uses.

 

do they sell the repair manual?

 

yeah...but there are like 4 volumes.....about $125 to $150 a piece!!!

 

damn. it ain't cheap, do u have hitch cover or i'm S.O.L?

 

dont have it anymore......you didnt respond in time man!

 

man so not cool dude!

 

hey...dont get mad at me...you waited too long ........end of subject.

 

Wally World sells lighted hitch covers for 12 bucks. Works just like a trailer taillight, lights when the lights are on, gets brighter when the brakes are on. They fit in the receiver, lock in place with the hitch pin, plug into the trailer socket. Looks a heck of a lot better than an open hole and actually serves a purpose. After getting rear-ended I figure the more brake lights the better.

 

Well, that's not exactly true.

Some auto trannies, like mine, are the "old school" variety, use the type I-V fluid and DO have a dipstick. Very easy to do a "drain and refill" every so often to keep the fluid good.

The other type of auto tranny will NOT have a dipstick. That's the kind that uses the WS fluid that is supposedly good for 100,000 miles. More complicated to do a "drain and refill" with this type.

 

Yeah caught that from what tacomaman06 said. I was going off my Haynes for the 1st gen models, they don't mention a "sealed" WS tranny.