First time changing transmission fluid.... so naturally to got all over the garage floor, me, jack stand, and my mid-pipe.

 

lol

That sucks. I changed mine last month and spilled some on the mid pipe as well. Filling up the transmission through the shifter is much much easier than trying the fill hole on the side of the transmission with the transmission still in the car....holy **** those 10 dollar hand pumps blow donkey nuts. Found out the hard way. Was able to get the plastic hose into the fill hole and started pumping like mad...but the cheap hand pump likes it slow and gentle, so after gently pumping for almost a minute I had realized not even half the bottle had been emptied (more like maybe an eighth or quarter)...ridiculous.

If you let the stuff dry a little bit, you will most likely smell it for at least a few days to come. Enjoy!

 

I took a shower as soon as I finished so with any luck the smell wont stick to me too bad.

Lol Im glad I decided to change it when I put in my shifter.

 

Tranny fluid smells like rainbow sherbert compared to gear oil.

 

TRUTH

you think youve smelled some nasty sh*t?

go crack the cover on your diff and let me know what you think lol

my wife made the mistake of coming out the other day to give me a drink RIGHT when i was pulling the cover off to do my fluid change... never seen her run so fast rofl

 

Was using epoxy that other day and that was some nasty sh*t. Have never smelled gear oil though......

 

have you ever smelled Diff fluid from a dozer? i wold gladly use epoxy for an air freshener after that stuff.

 

Ever smell a body thats been deceased for a week in the summer, yea I'll shower in gear fluid before that.

 

Thinkin about pickin up a late 90's F150 with the 4.6. Thoughts?

 

we had a 97 F150, not a bad truck but its REALLY underpowered...

nothing like my 95 F150 with the 5.0...

we also had an issue with it going through like 3 sets of intake gaskets too...