Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?

[Hardwrkr13]

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Do a pan drop if you can. We run RAM CVs with 62TE, if you're comfortable under the car, it takes about an hour to re and re the pan and filter.

Cost? $300 cash at my local tranny shop, $550 at my local Chrysler dealer. DIY is $125 ($25 for the filter/gasket and $100 for 5l of ATF+4.)

I do all my trannys at 80K - never had a failure (except Ford Transit Connects). Our trucks usually last 10 years and hit 300K.

If you're keeping the van for another 80K, I'd do it now.

Agreed. 120k so it's ready. I do a drain and fill on our Odyssey and started at 75k. It doesn't have a dipstick but has an oil level check hole (need to be level, at temp). I just measure what drains out and refill the same amount.

 

[Mad Mike]

Agreed. 120k so it's ready. I do a drain and fill on our Odyssey and started at 75k. It doesn't have a dipstick but has an oil level check hole (need to be level, at temp). I just measure what drains out and refill the same amount.

Mikes hack: pull the oil dipstick, flip it over and mark with a sharpie (or scribe) at 5 and 15mm (cold) and 30-50mm (hot), then you can use it as a tranny dipstick to get a precise fill. Apparently the 62te is intolerant of over/under fill.

Here’s the fill heights from Chrysler.

 

[Mad Mike]

Agreed. 120k so it's ready. I do a drain and fill on our Odyssey and started at 75k. It doesn't have a dipstick but has an oil level check hole (need to be level, at temp). I just measure what drains out and refill the same amount.

I’d do the filter too. It’s just a handful of bolts, if you can change a tire you can do a filter, seal and gasket replacement. You don’t really need to change the filter seal if it still looks good (can be a SOB to remove).

That gets the system cleaned out and lets you do a sparkles check. There’s a small magnet in the pan that collects ferrous debris, check non ferrous in the pan.

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