Today’s Modern Maintenance Procedures The fill procedures


for these vehicles are factory specific and must be followed precisely.


We’ve all become accustomed to


checking fluid level with the vehicle at normal operating temperature. On today’s vehicles this is no longer the normal procedure. On most transmissions that use a


single fill level and drain plug, the fluid level tube is lower than the actual fill level at operating temperature. The fill procedures for these vehi-


cles are factory specific and must be followed precisely. The Ford 5R55W is a great example of this type of drain and fill: The factory procedure states the transmission must be at a certain range below operating temperature to check fluid level (figure 8). The loca- tion of the fill level tube is below the actual full level (figure 9).


Figure 8


Figure 9 10 GEARS August 2012


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