Btech

I thought all oil pans looked the same, so I tried to help my wife out with her 2005 Mustang. It was my first time under the car, and I accidentally drained the transmission fluid (it was too dark to see it was red). There's no dipstick for it, and the owner's manual says it has to be filled "professionally". Can anyone help me out on how to replace the Trans fluid - it would get me out of the doghouse. Is there an unmarked cap somewhere, or am I screwed?


And while I'm here, where IS the oilpan on this car?

Any help would be appreciated.

05BlackPony

This is happening to alot of members lately.
If you're talking about an auto tranny, your essentially screwed [:@]

There is no top off location under the hood, and Ford has a special tool to refill the tranny.
One member here though did the same thing, but somehow was able to fill his tranny enough to limp
it to the dealer. Most people have had to get a tow after this.

I agree, the trans and oil plugs are very close together. The trans is a silver plug while the oil is a black plug.
Its maybe 3-5 inches to right of the trans plug.

Hope you get everything situated!

boss 244

The auto trans has a special bolt that you have to remove on the side of the case, after you get it out you can fill it with a hand pressure pump. Thre is a special tool you have to have from ford-or so the dealer told me- I hate the fact that we can't check it, ford saved a few bucks by leaving it off and not machining the case for a tube.

randy78045

This really is crazy... fist time i ever heard of no fill/no dipstick is when i bought my mercedes... it's like that... an now ford... i really dont get it... i dont like it at all... [&:]