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Subject:Re: replaced tranny but no move. What next?
From:al sinclair
Date:Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:19:22 -0800

On 12/21/05, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 1/2 a can of seafoam will rip the snot out of an elephants' trunk in 30
> seconds.Yeah, you will have to drain the trans,but as you now know,

all you have to do to do this is loosen the collarnut at the dipstick tube
> and
> trans.
>

thanks! that's an expression to enjoy and recycle ;-)

somehow "as you now know" doesn't apply to me -- I've still no idea how to
drain the trans (apart from guessing at taking off the pan).  I'm at work so
can't go eyeball it, so please tell me: loosen the collarnut, then what?