There is nothing that prevents you from dropping the pan and changing the filter. This is an extra charge service when you put it on the machine, too. If you just drop the pan and change the filter, and clean out what every you can reach, you miss the fluid that is still up in the torque converter and the cooling lines and cooler, where the machine fluid change or this method gets rid of that, too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Hogg" <roadhogg@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: Re: IML: poor man's tranny fluid change > The only thing I can see deficient in an approach like this is, you don't > get the filter changed. I figure if you are going to go to the bother, you > might as well install a new filter too. It's not like they are very > expensive or anything. ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm