Ford Mustang (1999-2004) Service Manual: Transmission Fluid Cooler - Backflushing and Cleaning
1. CAUTION: Do not use any supplemental transmission fluid additives or cleaning agents. The use of these products could cause internal transmission components to fail; this will effect the operation of the transmission.
Conduct backflushing with a suitable torque converter/fluid cooler cleaner. Test your equipment to make sure that a vigorous fluid flow is present before proceeding. Install a new filter in the flush equipment if flow is weak or contaminated.
2. To aid in attaching the cleaner to the transmission steel cooler lines, connect two additional rubber hoses to the transmission end of the steel transmission cooler lines as described below.
- Connect the cleaner tank pressure line to the steel transmission cooler return line (longest line).
- Connect a tank return hose to the steel transmission cooler pressure
line (shorter line).
Place the outlet end of this hose in the solvent tank reservoir.
3. Turn on solvent pump and allow the solvent to circulate a minimum of 5 minutes (cycling switch on and off will help dislodge contaminants in cooler system).
4. Switch off the solvent pump and disconnect the solvent pressure hose from the transmission cooler return line.
5. Use compressed air to blow out the cooler(s) and lines (blow air into the transmission cooler return line) until all solvent is removed.
6. Remove the rubber return hose from the remaining steel cooler line.
Diagnosis By Symptom
Special Tool(s)
Transmission Fluid Pressure
Gauge
307-004 (T57L-77820-A)
Air Test Plate, Transmission
307-246 (T92P-7006-A)
Breakout Box, EEC-V Control
Syste ...
Transmission Fluid Drain and Refill
Special Tool(s)
Automatic Transmission Flush
and Fill Machine
211-00018
Automatic Transmission Flush
and Fill Machine
199-00010 or equivalent
Material
Item
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Other materials:
Dowels - Flywheel
Removal
1. NOTE: Take care not to damage the flywheel dowel holes or the
surface areas around the
flywheel dowel during removal.
Remove the flywheel dowels by using a drift pin where the flywheel dowel is
installed in an open
hole and a pair of lockin ...
General information on radio frequencies
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules and with Industry
Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) This device must accept any interferen ...
Exceptions To Normal Schedule
Yellow Coolant
Change coolant at 5 years or 160,000 km (100,000 miles) of the vehicle's
life, whichever comes
first.
After the initial change, change coolant every 3 years or 80,000 km
(50,000 miles) thereafter.
Natural Gas and Propane Vehicles
Insp ...