rangerenthiusiast
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- Location
- Hudson Valley, NY
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey, guys.
Just picked up a ’92 Ranger 4.0 with the A4LD auto trans. Going over her and changing all the fluids (she was badly neglected by the previous owner). I know the Haynes manual says 3 quarts of Mercon go in the trans at fluid change, but I’m assuming that something like 1-2 quarts of the old crap probably stays in the torque converter as well.
Some of my old cars from the ’60’s actually used to have a drain bolt in the side of the torque converter. When you were changing the trans fluid, you could actually rotate the converter until this plug was visible, remove it, and drain out all that old crap, thereby doing a relatively complete drain. Modern vehicles don’t seem to have the plug and I’m sure my Ranger doesn’t either, but I thought I’d throw it out there, in case someone knows definitively.
Thanks!
Just picked up a ’92 Ranger 4.0 with the A4LD auto trans. Going over her and changing all the fluids (she was badly neglected by the previous owner). I know the Haynes manual says 3 quarts of Mercon go in the trans at fluid change, but I’m assuming that something like 1-2 quarts of the old crap probably stays in the torque converter as well.
Some of my old cars from the ’60’s actually used to have a drain bolt in the side of the torque converter. When you were changing the trans fluid, you could actually rotate the converter until this plug was visible, remove it, and drain out all that old crap, thereby doing a relatively complete drain. Modern vehicles don’t seem to have the plug and I’m sure my Ranger doesn’t either, but I thought I’d throw it out there, in case someone knows definitively.
Thanks!