Overfilled the the trans in 64 Fury. What's the best way to suck out or remove the excess. I really don't want to drop the pan although it's now dripping from somewhere on the garage floor after a short drive so I gotta do something soon.

Thanks

Butch

get a peice of clear plastic tubing from the hardware store and suck it out, NBD

loosen a few trans bolts and the fluid will come out

open the line into the rad trans cooler

I'm on the same sheet of music and already bought the clear tubing. Tried this morning to suck it out using an old power drill driven pump I've had for decades, but the pumps either toast or has to be primed to suck, so I'll look for another type of pump.

It's leaking out from somewhere and getting on the drivers side exhaust pipe. Just started it up (1st time in 4 weeks) and scared the ----out of me because after a few minutes smoke started rollng out from under the car, but it was just burning the ATF off the exhaust pipe.

Since sucking it out the fill tube won't hurt anything I'll just find something else to pump it with.

Thanks!
Butch

Sounds like a pretty good idea. Might try this first.

Thanks.

Butch

I use about a 10-20' peice and use my mouth and by time it get's to me, either I have enough out or lay it on the ground and it will sipion out. A 10' peice of tubing is very handy for all kinds of uses, sipion, water level are just a couple I can think of.

Yep, that would do it. The tube I have now is only about 6' so I'll get another. I like simple solutions.

Butch

If you only need to get a little out, you can take an old rag and slip it down the filler tube (make sure it's clean lint free). Let it sit and the cloth will wick the fluid.

Worked for me, when I had to remove 1/2 qt.

Here is a home made tool idea that will cost you next to nothing and last for years on any type of fluid reservoir that you need to drain.

Get a large, clear(preferably glass) jar with a resealable screw top. Big mayonnaise jar is what I use. Get some vacuum tubing(about 12 feet) and cut it in half poke a few holes in the lid of the jar and insert the two tubes you made. Seal them to the cap with some RTV. Mark the tubes and be sure to keep the source side close to the lid to prevent the possibility of sucking some fluid when it's full. If you do this right and work clean the tubes will become part of the cap. Now, simply insert one end into the dipstick tube and the other end to a manifold vacuum port on the manifold or carb, Run the engine at idle and you can pull as much of the fluid out neatly and cleanly(and pretty quickly-too). If the jar is clean you can even reclaim the fluid for a later use. I use it almost exclusively for transmissions, but power steering, brake master, etc. can all be drained with this setup. Car not running? Just park another car next to it and use that for the vacuum source.

MB

http://www.tooldiscounter.com/ItemDisplay.cfm?lookup=MIT7400&source=froogle&kw=MIT7400

Dang cheap and you'll wonder how you lived without it. I use one at work and can dang near suck the trans pan dry with a few easy pumps.

I just bought a suction pump, put the hose down the tube and pulled out the plunger. A couple of times and it sucks out a quart in no time. If your leaking on the drivers side you may have a leak at the selector shaft seal. It`s a fairly common leak.

I guess this could be used for oil changes as well and eliminate some of the mess. Interesting,

Butch

sooo!!!I see some car parked next to one in a parking lot at wally word,some guys under the hood,while one has a hose down a gas tank and one car running for a vac pump

of course they got a big 5 gal jug in ther mighty vac sytem



but a interesting idea for sure

Pull the driveshaft out?

codfish

I use my boat oil changer.. Designed to go down the dipstick and suck out the fluid.. Actually comes in pretty handy as I can change the 4 qts or so of tranny fluid without dumping the pan a couple of times a year.. Keeps my tranny fluid looking good...