Great video man, no wasted time straight to the important details. Much appreciated effort in your productions

You’re a lifesaver to men who refuse to spend all their money on repairs instead of their families 🙌🏼

Thank you for making a great easy to follow video for us to follow. My 2015 F150 transmission is running smooth now and I saved almost $1,000 over what my Ford dealership wanted to charge me.

Great job covering completely how to change transmission fluid in my Ford truck.

Awesome video thanks for making it just finished the job on my truck. I really appreciate that you went step by step

Dude you literally have the best video outhere regarding this. Thanks

Thank you for taking time to make such fantastic how to videos. Your efforts have helped thousands of people.

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Great Video, very helpful! My truck has the start/stop feature which requires a 2 inlet filter, the FT 200. I bought a Motorcraft from Rock Auto and it came in a box. After I installed it and buttoned up the pan I went to throw the box away and under the packing paper was a small plastic bag, containing the gasket that goes over the shorter inlet tube. Oh Shit! Had to take the pan down and reinstall the filter with this gasket. Not a fun job. It would have been nice if Ford had put a tag on the second inlet telling you there was a gasket to install here. Hope this tip helps others.

Great video. I Would never go 150K though. Even with LV fluid. That fluid looks bad after 60K miles lol. Definitely change every 60-80K. I got the dorman pan with the drain plug too. That way I can drain and fill about 2 more times. Also add an extra magnet. There was a fix later on but metal contaminants was getting into the solenoids and causing issues.

For anyone who is following this video, make sure you are installing the correct filter. I bought and initially wanted to use the filter shown in this video however upon dropping the pan, realized that the OEM filter has two ports. Called Ford dealership and they verified the correct filter has 2 ports NOT 1. Make sure you have the correct filter on hand before dropping the pan.

Awesome Vid! Great detail

Very helpful and thorough, thanks for posting!

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Great video ! Thanks

Thanks for the video. The only issue I see is the use of thread locking compound when installing steel fasteners into an aluminum thread. This is a huge no-no and can actually cause the bolts to back out. Engineers rely on a process referred to as galvanic corrosion or dissimilar metal galling to lock the fastener in place, hence no thread lock. Simply make sure that the threads are clean and you’re good to go. By using thread locker in this situation you are actually putting a coating on the fastener that prevents the galvanic lock, blue thread lock releases at very low temps so once the component heats up the thread lock actually becomes a lubricant and makes it easier for the fastener to come loose. As a general rule when removing fasteners from factory installed components if there is no thread lock on the fastener when it comes out, don’t use it going back in.

Just did my 2015 F150 (6R80). (I Added a Dorman trans pan with drain plug and don't spill any oil on exhaust anymore. This also makes it possible to do 3 to 4 short interval drain-and-refills. Which replaces 70% to 80% of old trans oil. (poor-man's tranny flush). Torque convertor will hold several quarts of oil that WILL NOT drain out.) Checking oil level: 1) Truck must be jacked-up level. 2) Engine running. 3) Know the present trans oil temperature. 4) Now check oil fill level. Start with vehicle on level ground, place a carpenter's level on bottom of a door jam plate and note bubble position. NOW - place vehicle on jack stands at all 4 corners with vehicle re-leveled. (Trans dip-stick is at very front of fluid area. With only front of vehicle jacked up - you will have over-filled trans when dip-stick indicates correct level. With engine not running - half the oil in torque converter can drain back into trans pan. Refill: Start by pouring/pumping only 4 quarts (one gallon) of new oil into trans - THEN start engine to refill torque convertor. Correct oil level is with torque converter FULL - which only happens while trans pump is working/engine running. My refills take about 7 to 7 - 1/2 quarts total each time. Also: trans oil expanses at different temperatures. The dip-stick has two level ranges. COLD: lower cross-hash range (oil below 165 degrees F). HOT: upper range with little bubbles (oil above 180 degrees F.). Many Fords can be set to display trans oil temp on dash. If not then point a laser temperature sensor at trans pan to get correct oil temp. Lastly as you shift thru the gear positions you will want to let go of brake so rear wheels can spin and go thru the upper gears. DO NOT LET GO OF BRAKE !! ABS will "see" front wheels NOT TURNING and set-off many ODBII codes that are very hard to clear afterwords.

I highly recommend welding gloves and sleeves if you're on the ground. Cat is right there and hot

I did it!!! Used a scan gauge 2 to verify operating temps but eventually added in 7 quarts but drained about 4.5. 50k miles. Yikes! Shifts a lot smoother now or it’s just me lol. Right at the top of the hot zone on the dip stick at around 170 degrees.

Thanks for the the video. Did mine at 52,000 miles. Everything looked pretty clean yet but I changed it out anyway. My question is the torque on the pan bolts. I have seen recommendations for 80 inch pounds, 98 inch pounds, and 106 inch pounds. I just used 100 and called it good. No leaks

Good video no bs str8 forward

I don't know why... but my 2010 F-150 truck 4.6 engine have a original transmission fluid dipstick under hood... I like it...

I drain the pan every 10,000 miles ( I installed a drain drain plug ) . Using your fill procedure mine takes 6 to 6 1/2 quarts. 2016 f 150 4x4 !

good Job!

Thank you

For those who need the FT-200 do they include an auxiliary pump inlet seal with the filter? Is it sold separately? Thanks in advance for your response anyone !

where on the dipstick should the fluid level sit when hot, in A or B?

I have a ford 150 and when I go slow 35 40 miles princa and it makes a vibration but if I go fast I hear some knocks, what could that be?

Hello can someone tell if it would be the same for a 2016 ford expedition limited? Thanks

Very helpful. I will do on my truck soon.

my Ford Ecosport 1.5 engine with automatic transmission model 6f15 used the Mercon ULV. The owner's manual says to change it at 150,000 miles. Do you think I should exchange it first?

I’ve been scared shitless to purchase a 2016 Ford due to so many people sayings things such as “new cars are impossible to work on. Get yah a 85”. So far, nothing has really bothered me maintenance wise.

I got my transmission flush at 106,000 miles by Ford dealer, then 166,000 rear end leak transmission fluid. Do I need to drain it when the gasket is leaking. I pour some transmission seal stop leak for temporarily. Do I need to change it. I don't do much towing or haul. my transmission 6R80 Ford F150 4.6L 2009. I have no issues with the transmission. By the way, transmission fluid is motorcraft LV used for my transmission but the box says motorcraft mercon SP for filter. Ford motor says LV trans.

My buddy has a 2017 F-150 2WD with the 5.0 V8. It also has the 6 speed!

Did a pan drop on my 16 f150. I got a little bit more than 6 quarts out at 45000 miles. I replaced the pan with an aftermarket pan with a drain plug. I don’t plan on ever flushing. Just do a drain and fill every year or 2 and a filter change at around 60-80,000 miles.

Thank u

Just an FYI to all my fellow DIY'ers....make sure you have an extra set of hands available when you put in the new filter and try to put the pan back on. The Motorcraft filter I got would not stay on while I tried to put the pan/new gasket on. The filter would sloooooly move and then fall off before I could bet the pan and bolts up to screw in. (And yes the old o-ring came out with the old filter.)

YOU COULD TAKE A AIR HOSE BLOW ALL DIRT AWAY FROM DIPSTICK AREA AND PAN BEFORE STARTING THE JOB.

I drained about 6qts of fluid when I did this fluid change.

Check your it in park with vehicle running?

Very informative video. Would you recommend using amsoil atf? Thanks

Dude, awesome to the point video. For the flush do you take it to jiffy lube or similar ? New subscriber btw

What would you say total time to do this is , 45 min ?

I have a 2016 F150 XLT V8. I bought a Dorman pan so I could have a drain plug. As I was assembling everything back up, I must have tried at least 20 times to get the Dorman pan installed an could not get things to line up. I had to reuse the OEM pan, which was a success with the 1st attempt. Buyer beware with that Dorman transmission pan.

Porque motivo puede ser a hacer lo cambio de primera a segunda golpea

That's a great video. How many total quarts did it take? I just did mine and after I got the transmission warm and rechecked it, I was quite low. I slowly added fluid with it running until it read in the middle of the dipstick but I am concerned that I overfilled it. I took it for a test drive when completed and it's not shifting right. Thanks for the great video!

What about the inlet filter?

Hi! Love the video, I have 75k miles and I want to do the entire flush. So should I do this filter change and fluid exchange first then go and do the flush or, do the flush with the old stuff first then just drop the pan and change the filter

Very helpful videos. Why do the filter change before the complete flush? seems that your running old fluid through the new filter during your next video (on fluid exchange)?

Love my F150. Needed a new transmission at 100,300 miles. No warranty. When does it need fluid levels checks again? 😂😂😂

Why add 4 1/2 quarts trans fluid and then flush it? Thanks very much and thanks for the gasket #, filter# torque # etc. Cheers from Motown/Dearborn.

My 2016 F150 2.7 Ecoboost filter has two outlet ports. I am having a hard time finding it locally at non-Ford dealer places and actually ordered the wrong one based on this video and Amazon fitment data. Note in the video it looks like there are two holes in the valve body for the filter outlets just like mine. But the video shows a filter with only one outlet port being installed. Did the author install the wrong filter??? I believe the correct filter is Motorcraft FT200 (FL3Z--7A098-B) but cant be sure till I get my hands on one. Unfortunately, I may have to pay over $60 at the dealer for it. Not sure what is going on with these filters.

I don't guess there would be any issues sucking the old fluid out of the dip stick hole with a pump, before dropping the pan?

So I drained about 8. Refilled about 7. Warmed it up and topped it off with most of the 8th. It's perfect with the motor OFF and 200 degrees as per the dash gauge. The DROPS off the stick with the motor running. What should I do? 2015 V8 with 60K.

Any opinion on doing just a fluid change and not a whole flush? FordTechMakuloco says that flushes aren't always necessary.

The filter you removed had two inlets, the one you installed had only 1. I ordered the ft-188 which apparently fits the transmission, however it is clearly not a 1:1 match. Does anyone know if Ford approved the switch to only the single inlet? I'm guessing the second inlet was redundant and therefore removed?

Just did the fluid and filter at 90k with motorcraft Mercon LV as called for ( verified multiple times it was the original factory Fluid and what Ford says to use). Fluid looked about like in the video ( brownish), smelled bad but not burnt. The fluid on the stick when hot/running is right where it should be. All seemed to go well, transmission shifts normally but "seems" to be a little louder, slightly higher rpms...could be my imagination? But here's the problem. Backing out of the driveway as it gets steep at the end when I take my foot off the accelerator the truck starts rolling back forward down the driveway. If you give it gas it starts reversing again. When I say rolls, I mean freely like a manual transmission with the clutch pressed down. It will go like a roller coaster not just creeping along for a few feet. It also will do this in the forward gear facing uphill. I guessed maybe I got the wrong filter so ordered another oem filter before pulling the pan again. New filter exact same as the original I pulled out to begin with. ( It's a 2012 expedition, doesn't have auto start, the original filter has just one uptube like the replacement, measured the inlet to make sure it's the same length). Put it all back with the 2nd ford oem replacement filter, made sure there was no orange or blue ring from an old filter stuck up in the intake as some suggest can happen, and no change.... What could be causing this? Driving seems normal except "maybe" slightly higher rpms and it does seem to be laboring a bit more at idle but I'm not sure. I've read hundreds of blog posts warning that changing fluid on higher mileage transmissions will screw them up and make them slip, but the actual driving is as smooth as ever, it's just the hill rollback issue as far as I can tell. I live in a small town with just one repair shop. They quoted me $300 to do the drain and filter change a few weeks ago and I said I'd do it myself for $80 ( Ive done pan drops / changes back in the day 5 or 6 times so I'm not out of my element). I really don't want to take it in there and have them get that smug attitude for not paying them in the first place, and worse decide to "teach me a lesson" with an outrageous bill to figure out why it's doing this! Lol Any HELP will be appreciated!

Why not Mercon SP? I've heard Ford is going back to SP because of transmission failures. Does anyone know?

Does the truck have to be on a lift leveled or can I park it on level ground and crawl under and work?

Now I understand why dealers charge what they do for that service.

For a transmission drop/filter, do you think valvoline max atf is sufficient, or should I buy motorcraft mercon lv?

Doing my 2016 F-150 trans filter and fluid. The filter I pulled out half too outlets. I noticed on the video that The filterl that's your replacing with has one outlet so is the one that I bought. That kind confused me. But I also noticed that the rubber piece for the second outlet is missing on a transmission valve body. So I'm going to discard it. Wonder why there is a change in design

What is your thought on installing a drain plug in the pan?

150k miles !!!! Wow….I must have missed that part on my 2017 coyote. With 118k I’ve already had two fluid flushes and one new transmission filter. I never trusted the Manufacturers suggestions on service intervals….they want you to buy parts or new vehicles.

Hey, I have a 2009 ford f150 equipped with a 6R80 transmission. When I changed the transmission fluid pan. I did not use threadlocker for all the screws. It has been 2 weeks with no leaking. I just ordered the threadlocker, should I take the screws out one by one and put threadlocker on them? Thanks

Just did something similar (2010 f-150 5.4 2wd, replaced the bulkhead connector) now it will not shift into any gear and had the wrench in the dash. Any ideas?

I did a pan drop on my truck and saw that the old filter ft-188 was different from the motor craft one I ordered. The old filter had 2 outlet holes going to the valve body and the fresh new filter only has one outlet. Is this an issue? Because I saw the hole on your valve body which you just placed the filter on it that only had the single outlet.

I just bought a 2017 120k miles not sure if fluid has ever been changed. I’ve heard Horror stories of people changing their transmission fluid at high mileage and then all of a sudden the transmission completely goes out so I don’t know what the hell to do

Helpful video. Thank you for posting. My 2015 2.7l is within the narrow build months that require the FT 200 filter. Dropped pan and replaced filter. I've got perfect reading when cold, but the stick is completely dry when hot. I'm pretty nervous....got any ideas?

My truck has 147k miles I bought it used I’m not sure if the person who had it before me serviced the filter and fluid . My question is should I change the fluid and filter now or not mess with it since now since there is so many miles on it ?

My friend has a 2012 mustang with this transmission. I've heard mixed answers of some people saying they drained out 12 quarts and others said they only got out 4. I'd love to know before we buy fluid so I don't get too much/too little

Mantinance Schedule says "every 50.000 km". Will it hurt if done before? at 40.000 km in official Ford dealer.

On my 2016 V8 I haven't changed out the transmission fluid since I bought it at low miles. but I don't run it terribly hard. I'm sitting at 141k, and I'm very uneasy about changing it out at this point of its life. worried about it slipping. Also really mad that ford took away the dipstick for the transmission.

I have a 2010 F150 with the 5.4 Triton six speed automatic. How do I know if the tranny is a 6R60 or a 6R80 or if there is any difference at all? Thanks.

Arent you supposed to start the vehicle and run fluid out from the hose to the cooler?

I think it's a great Job, I do disagree with the use of lock tight, There will be a time to come when you will never get a bolt out and one more thing, a lot of great fluids on the market that meet and exceed the Ford Specs. at half the price.

I followed this to a T and have harsh shifts and metal grinding with vibraiton. Did I mess up on the reading of the dip stick?

I have a 2015 f150 with this same transmission, it has 160k miles and never been serviced. Is it too late to have the fluid changed on it?

What these be the same steps to take with the 16 5.0 l

How many quarts to fill when only doing a filter change?

is it the same for lincoln navagtor

Fanks !

Be careful spraying brake clean on exhaust. If that exhaust is hot it can cause the brake clean to create phosgene gas and be deadly or irreversible organ damage, doesn’t take much of the gas to do it. Happens frequently with people using brake clean to clean welded parts.

A 2016 with 100000k on it already?? Thats a lot of miles

2016 f150 ecoboost 300k miles and never changed the transmission fluid.

I did this procedure on my 2015 F150 and my truck now whines, gets louder with acceleration any idea what it could be ? It would be noticeable on start up but I started driving around and now it only happens when I accelerate above a certain rpm

You only need to drop the pan and change the filter. Flushing all the old fluid out will not make the unit last longer. Before you knock me. I have videos of me rebuilding a transmission. Nobody put locktite on transmission bolts.

Why would you do this before a flush and waste all that new fluid?

Why oh why don't they install a drain plug. Next time i'll put a small hose into the filler and suck most of the fluid out. What a mess.

would it be okay to use something like valvoline lv (recommended but not licensed for mercon lv) and just do a drain and fill but not flush, or would it be bad if the two fluids mix?

Wait. I'm at 84K. I thought it was 80K. 5.0 screw '17. 🤔

Ford doesn’t say flush the transmission.

I did mine at 75K on my 2015 today.....It needed it earlier IMO,fluid smelled more than I would like and was too dark..I added a drain plug also.. 6.5 quarts it used with a new filter.. I used that electric ebay pump which was slow AF .Having no dipstick was a real dipshit move on ford part

Ford does not recommend flushing their transmissions. Drop the pan and change the filter only.

They should have never made the switch to these shitty 10 speeds they are loud and to damn jerky and lost feel like i just threw 45k out the window and dont think the longevity of the the 2019 f150 is going to be there

Can't believe dumbass's wait almost 100k miles before a fluid change.... transmission will be toast by 120k-130k guaranteed.... FLUID AND FILTER IS LIKE $60 AT MOST SO JUST CHANGE IT.... Technicians aren't going to recommend it cus its messy and doesnt pay shit... would rather have you come back sooner for a trans rebuild then pay to keep your car out of the shop by correct maintenance...