Powershift transmission fluid change DIY

[rondeo]

If you have a level driveway it's possible to do it it an unsafe manner by supporting the car on three wheels.

I did that last time, handbrake on and brake pedal pressed while going through the gears. I think if the accelerator pedal is off and the brake pedal is on, the clutches are disengaged.

I measured the sill height before removing the LH wheel and lowered it back to that measurement to do the fluid change.

Obviously less can go wrong if you remove both front wheels. I use two trolley jacks with struts in that case.

I made a strut for the trolley jack which converts it into a jack stand. Alternatively with a trolley jack you can place a block under the jack head which allows the jack to rest at the correct height.

The struts I made from 65x35 steel tube.
One end sits on the jack axle and is formed by cutting holes the same size as the jack axle in the 35mm sides and then cutting the length so the holes are cut in half.
The other end is cut at 45 degrees and suitably modified to fit under the jack head.
Lowering the jack onto the strut results in a triangular jack stand.

I prefer no to use conventional jack stands because I'm not sure where they can be used without bending something. Besides it's more difficult.

There might be commercially available jack/stand combinations available, for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqXIrSVQ3ts

[stefcio007]

I did this today on my day off. The old oil didn’t look as bad as I was expecting but the filter was pretty grimy. I only took the one wheel off and then lowered the car so that both sills were the same height off the ground.

Took me a while but wanted to do everything safely.

[Mondaveo]

Hey gang, I'm part way through this process and was going to write up my experience at the end, but had to leave it for a work shift this arvo before I could complete the final level check.
Just wanted to check what do people think about this. The image shows my drain pan after draining the two chambers of the gearbox, the top graduation visible on the inner rim is 8 Litres (and with all that I spilled it would be right on 8 litres of fluid came out), I was expecting to see around 6.

The last service done on this gearbox was with the transmission specialist that fixed my faulty speed sensor (as noted in my sig). It would appear that they've put 8L straight in and not done the level check procedure. Either that or it's some strange property of this car and how I did things...

This keeps happening to me... When I did the engine oil on my wife's Barina early this year after it was last serviced by a professional shop, for an engine with oil capacity of 3.75L I somehow drained over 4L out...

Also can anyone tell me the torque for the drain plugs, I'm sure I've seen or heard it somewhere (might be one of the YouTube videos I watched) but haven't got it to hand now.

[rondeo]

35Nm for drain fill and check plugs, according to Ford manual.


6l is shown as the required amount of fluid for a service.
In reality you need 7 because the level adjustment means spillover,
poured in 250ml lots.


The total fluid capacity would include the cooling radiator circuit, but that is not drained.


If you drained 8l then it was overfilled. It happens.