Ive watched about 8 videos about this today, and this is by far the best. No one else mentioned how they filled the trans, and you did it in your garage, not on a lift and all that. Thank you!

If you want to make less mess and make it more easy to handle the pan use a suction pump and pump out the fluid in the pan before you drop the pan. I did this on a Ford Explorer recently and it makes it a much easier process.

Well done! This is the best, clearest and most complete video I've seen on the subject. I'll be changing my fluid soon so I watched a bunch of videos. I really appreciate all the info you gave about fluid levels. I was trying to find out how much fluid was needed for a change (not total capacity) but this is the only video I found that mentioned it. But you went even further with your details about the level issues you had. Very useful information! Thanks!

Best video I’ve watched on changing the fluid. Gave me the incentive to do it myself in my garage. Thanks!

This is a great video!! I will be doing this fluid change ASAP and thanks for being clear and thorough much appreciated 👍

Great video, very informative. Thank you!

This s an excellent, very detailed video on changing the transmission fluid and filter on a 6R80 transmission. I did the same service on my 2008 Expedition and have now purchased a 2014 Navigator with 70K miles on it. I only use AMSOIL products which have proven excellent for me both on the engine and the transmission. Excellent point on draining the pan from the rear of the transmission and purchasing the oversized drain pan. Thanks for this very excellent video.

your video is absolutely satisfactory. keep up the good work.

Hello Scruf's Garage👋🏾. Thanks for the video it was very helpful. I have a 2013 F-150 w/ the 6R80 transmission. When I dropped my pan I ended up getting 6.5 quarts out. When going back in I had to put a little over 8 quarts back in. 👍🏾

Everyone keep in mind that there are 2 different filters for the 6R80. One has a 1 inch pickup tube and the other has 1.5 inch I believe. If you get the wrong one the transmission will not go into any gear. One part number is FT188 and the other is FT171. If you're not sure which one then pull out your old filter and use another car or have someone take you to the parts store and compare the length of the pickup tube. Most auto parts stores have both filters in stock so you can compare it with yours.

I got 5 out and put 5 in on my 13 Raptor 6.2. Drove it around and it was perfect when checked. Also depends on how long you let your vehicle sits before you start working on it. Longer it fits, the more transmission fluid that can drain back to the pan. It’s definitely more messy than hard. My Silverado was more of a pain. The exhaust crossover goes under the pan. I know it’s a few years old but Great job on the video.

Great video. Thanks for the information on the quarts. I've seen large syringes on the web. I'll try that when I do mine. The syringe can also be use for a large variety of other jobs

Thanks for making this video. It helped me a lot!

Great job on the video! I did this job on my 2014 about 50k ago but watched your video as a reminder before doing it again. I actually drilled a hole in the low point of my pan last time and installed a drain plug so we’ll see how much of a mess I make this time. By the way, I have never drained as much fluid/oil out of anything as it takes going back in. 😂

Thank you! This a good video very explanatory, I enjoyed watching it!!

I thought I'd mention, I took mine to Ford service, as I was having a shudder issue on my 2016 F150 as well. I had them do a full transmission 'flush' and refill, of which took the shudder out completely. I also noticed in some video's, guys are adding the Lubegard Shudder fix, which is just a 2 oz product, which many swear by has fixed this issue. Thanks for the video! On edit- I see there are aftermarket 'dip stick's & flexible tubes' for vehicles, and noticed one fellow adding it to his F150 on KZfaq, and thought this might be a worthy investment, having a normal dipstick again, plus the ability to add the fluid, and even easier if you have a pan with a bung to empty the fluid out! I haven't yet found one for my '16 F150 3.5 Ecoboost, but will continue looking.

Thanks for the video. Just did mine and next I take that pan off I am going to add a drain plug as it would make it so easy.

Yes! Thank you for the video. That is the ticket 6 quarts in until it overflows…. Put plug back in and start up and shift through drive and reverse (pump will suck up fluid) then add the last 1.5 quarts. 7.5 quarts total for the refill

I got 5 out ad five in , so far its good will check it later this week

Great video. I just swapped fluid on my 2014 F150 5.0 coyote. I got roughly a little over 6 qts drained out (that includes fluid in old filter). Case started to overflow at 6.25 at a going back in. I didn't have a chance to check level but will in a day or two. Running smoother already.

Nice video. Very informative.

I have a 2010 F150 4X4 with towing package. It took all of 10 quarts to fill it at operating temp. I never checked the level before I drained it. I wasn't having any transmission problems prior to change. Still not having problems. Good preventive maintenance. Yep, it started running out at around 6 qts. I cranked it cycled through all the gears for a few brief seconds, then shut it of and added 2 more qts. Cranked it, put it in Drive with Ebrake on and left it while I cooked supper. Added two more quarts to get it halfway between fill marks. Checked it the next day after driving home from work. Still halfway on crosshatches. Invest in a set of Nomex arm sleeves to do this job. You will leave your skin on the cat otherwise. I already had a pair.

Ford has issued a recall tech bulletin to help fix the funky shifting. You should check that out. Your video was very honest and thorough in its entirety and was most appreciated as I have the very same truck in year with the 5.4 and with a 6.5 box in Lariat version. Gotta change my oil too.

Thank you, best video on topic imo. I just did my 2011 f150 with ecoboost at 138,000. Trans shudder had just started. Problem solved with oil and filter change. I did mine twice (1 week apart as the fluid was shockingly dark). I needed a little over 7.5 qts of mercon lv. I put 7qts in and drove 20 minutes till reaching 199 on the trans app gauge. I then was careful to remove passenger front tire and blocked frame and a arm so truck was level. Checking with truck at full temp with an external fan blowing into wheel-well and laying on the driveway on a thin pad did the trick. I only wore thin mechanics gloves but this is not for the faint of heart. Also beware if you have an 11-14 f150 and 21 pan bolts the factory torque spec is 80 inch lbs. i have a 7600+ page pdf factory manual. I also use a small hand suction pump and 3/8 clear plastic tube to get 3.5 wts out of pan before dropping. I then got another 3.2 qts out. I bought truck used at 110k and should have done this immediately. Thanks again I do have a stock height 4x4. My steel ramps are approximately 10 inches high.(not sure if the angle allows more fluid out) My local dealerships had best prices on filter and mercon lv by far. $34 for filter (they need last 8 of your fin as they have 4 variants apparently) $6.50 / qt LV. Thanks again

2010 6R80 transmission fluid change: Weigh a new filter. Weigh the filter you remove. The difference would be the the volume of trans fluid you should expect to replace, after starting your F150. Like your videos. Thanks for your time, clear & concise video, with extra info re: aftermarket oil pan & drain plug

Thanks for the video , now I know how to do it.

Thanks for the info. I'll be doing mine soon.

09 5.4 6R80 @ 165k Did the drop pan procedure like you. Recovered 6.75 quarts And 7.25 quarts to refill. Ran the truck for 10min in drive. Shut it off and had to add 1/2 quart to full. Yes messy and time consuming but I consider it well worth it.

And extremely well thought out and well instructed video. You should make more videos on anything to do with vehicles... you talk very clearly, precisely, and you are easy to follow and understand...kudos to you my friend..

Great video!!!!!! Yes it was a great help!!!!!!

Excelente video, muy bien explicado, gracias, un saludo desde Chile

I bought a fluid transfer hand pump from Trak-Auto for $10 that I used to fill the transfer case during a fluid change. Can also be used to fill the diffs. Why not use it to evacuate fluid from the trans via the fill hole before dropping the pan, and save yourself some of the mess? It looks like you could remove enough to get roughly 1/2 - 2/3 of the fluid out before pan removal.

Great Video. Thanks

Excellent. Ty

I would highly recommend changing the o rings on the Bulkhead connector sleeve, while you have the pan down. They like to leak and the only way you can change them is with the pan down.

I replaced mine at 50K miles and the original factory fill also seemed low by almost a quart. Upon refill it took at little under 7 quarts to get it just at the bottom of the dipstick's cold level hash marks with the engine running, shift lever cycled for 5 seconds in all gears but truck not driven / ATF fluid still cold. It makes much less of a mess if you syphon most of the old ATF out the dipstick hole and, wrap the exhaust crossover pipe with aluminum foil beforehand.

Thank you. I did not even no where the dip stick was. I will try changing oil.

If you have high miles, you should replace the trans cooler lines as a precaution. They're known to snap at the quick connection fittings, and you could fry your transmission.

I just changed the fluid on my 2014 f150 eco boost with the 6 speed and I drained out about 5 quarts and put back in 7 and added some of the instant shutter stop which fix my shutter problem

Greetings, I'm a mechanic of my vehicles, Yamaha YZ450, Harley Davidson, Ford Raptor and others. I wanted to share that the 6R80 transmission F150 when you change the filter and oil, the replace will takes 6 quarts approximately. To measure the oil level is important the engine need to be running. Move 5 second in each position P,R,N,D,M,2,1 then measure the oil level when reach the temperature of 190F. The reason for measuring is because transmission oil expand for the additives at high temperature and cannot exceed the maximum level when is hot, because it damages other components for malfunction. Good luck!

Hi there. Nice job. Nice presentation. One nice trick by another Tuber was stuffing aluminum foil in the back end to fill the gap and direct the flow to the catch can. Big question: Did the slapping on low gears stop?? My 2013 Ecoboost started slapping and making a clunk dropping in and out of overdrive, 6th, gear

Thanks for the information and making the video. If I might add, that you explained a lot but some important info that would help people as the try to do this is data like what size wrench to remove the fill cap or what size socket to remove the pan bolts. Maybe filter part number too.

Great video. When you were at the 7 quarts and you checked it, were you at the lower hash mark area? The Mercon LV expands quite a bit from my understanding. So, I would think at the lower hash mark area would be good until driven and really got them it might go into the upper hash mark area. Thoughts? Thank you.

BTW I bought one of those big drain pans at home depot for like$9.00. they have them in the cement section of the store, They are used for mixing cement & come in larger sizes, but I have the same one as in the video & it was perfect, it caught all of the oil.

I changed the transmission fluid today in my 2014 Mustang GT with this trans. It went pretty smoothly. I put all four wheels up on ramps and still barely had room to get under the car. Prior to today, I had bought an extra Ford tranny pan and had a drain plug welded in and had also installed the Performance Automatic dipstick kit. I had also bought a huge drain pan that was big enough to cover the entire size of the pan so any messes were kept to a minimum. My car only had a little over 31,000 miles but I wanted to change it early based on FordTechMakuloco's recommendations in his video. I only got out about 5.75 quarts of fluid and that is with dumping the filter out and I ended up putting in 6 and it was right at the full mark on the PA dipstick. PA recommends only filling it up to about half way into the cross hatch area of their dipstick even though they say anywhere in the cross hatch is okay. I've left the fluid alone but may drain some out to get it to the halfway mark. The car shifts fine and seems slightly smoother than before. I let it idle for awhile and then took it for a drive to make sure the internal thermostat would be open when I checked the level. I used the Motorcraft Mercon LV and the correct Motorcraft filter. The dipstick made filling the tranny easier but kind of slow since occasionally the fluid would back up in the funnel and "burp" fluid out so you had to make sure you kept something to put over the funnel handy to avoid making a mess. All in all it went pretty smoothly and the old fluid wasn't that bad looking.

Currently doing my 07 Explorer 6r60 trans fluid pan drop, so far I've only got about 4.5qts out, that's not including the couple splash spills and oil soaked rags lol so I'd say maybe 5.5 to 6qts. Thanks for the awesome video

Fine video 👍 my new f250 was 1.75 quarts low from factory. Only had 7 k on it when I checked level . Glad I did . I'm beginning to wonder if Ford can do anything right

New to me truck and your video on the steps was perfect 😊 20:25

I have a 2011 Model ( 120k Miles ) that had the cluck occasionally and a slight vibration taking off ( around 50-60k miles ) . Ford had -- has a recall on the driveshaft for this. Drove it in and they replaced it with a new one. No more vibration or cluck. Good tips on changing the fluid, thanks . Going to try and do a flush removing the cooler line and using the transmission pump to flush it out-- also pumping the pan close to dry before removing. 2011 Ecoboost -- Nice Engine.

A Little Tip...use a piece of 3/8 steel tubing,bent in like a u shape,and put in end of hose...this will make it easy peasy to pump in while at operating temps,and engine running.......!!!

Im liking the video fs.

Hey brother loving the video. I just found a pan with a drain plug for 60$

Did mine a few days ago. 5 quarts is what mine took and I put the old fluid in the 5 empty bottles I used. Checked when hot and looks good. Not sure why some ppl say 7.5 quarts. Checking again in a few days but it seems to make sense to me 5 out 5 in. Mine is 2015 F150 5.0 with 49k on it. I'd never go 100k without fluid and filter change. Too many break in particles floating around!

Here are some other possibilities: Get a 6 or 8 foot clear pvc tube with about a half-inch OD, and you can siphon most of the fluid out. You can get the siphon started using a shop vac. Drop the pan after the siphon is sucking air. To fill, thread the tube down from the engine compartment into the fill hole, then stick a funnel in the top end of the tube, and you can stand up while filling. To remove fluid, you can suck it out using a turkey baster stuck into the end of the tube.

The old filter holds some fluid too

I found one of those after market transmission pans with the drain plug for my 2016 at our orielly auto parts store for $50 and on rock auto same pan as orielly’s for $30

Did you put the truck in gear, reverse and then drive after filling the transmission at 6 and a half qts?

I got the same results as you did. Seems I dumped about 6 and had to add back 7.5 qts. I drove it and got it hot, checked the fluid hot and at idle. Came out just right! I also put the truck on ramps to level the frame, as it would be on a lift. Same year & transmission.

Great attitude and awesome video!!! Getting ready to do my 2017 2.7 6 speed, been told it was the same transmission as yours. Lil nervous, but I do my oil changes and heard a lot of stories about being charged for this service and it wasn’t really done. My question when you start the engine to shift it through the gears and then check it do you need to put the cap where the lil dip stick was or is it ok to leave it off?

Good video. I'd recommend to place some aluminum foil over the exhaust piping to keep it free of oil.

Not sure what came out, but I know it was low, because the torque converter was acting up due to the infamous leak around the electrical connector at the rear. I put about 7.5qts in and I still think it needs another half quart maybe. Extremely important to check it with the engine running. I was lying there on my back just staring at it dumbfounded, wondering why the entire dipstick was soaked in fluid. Truck started acting up again. Added another quart or so with the engine running and things smoothed out. It's not bad doing it at operating temp next to the cat with some good Mechanix gloves and care. I have Forscan on my laptop so I when I crawl back under to give it a little topoff I think I'm hook up the laptop and verify transmission temp. I think 190 is normal?

I was wondering why my 2010 only took 5 qts...no I gotta go warm that sucker up and add more...so pretty much if the trans is hot add fluid up to the 2nd set of hash marks?

Great video, thanks. Did the transmission oil change fix your shifting issues?

Thank you 😊

The electrical bulkhead connector housing at the right rear is a notorious leaker. Should replace that 6L2Z-7G276-AA seal housing if any sign of a leak if taking the pan down.

Good video and I'll add my experience on my 2009 and another WTF was Ford thinking. I bought my truck used and was parked in my driveway which is on an incline so the rear of the truck was lower than the front and fluid started leaking from the back right side of the tranny, come to find out it was leaking from the seal where the electrical block that the wires connect and go into the body of the trans. After some research I found that the ONLY way to change this out was from the inside where the holding clip for this is so needless to say forced fluid and filter change. I'm sure it needed the change but what I'm getting at is if you are planning to do this job I would recommend changing the elect block to avoid having to tear it all back apart if and when it starts leaking.

They make a dip stick kit also, mounts up by firewall, can fill it from that, think it sells for around 80.00

Amazon sells a F150 transmission (6R80) pan with a drain plug for only $40.00. And a Mighty Vac (only takes out 4qts. But jack up the rear to where the rest of the fluid is in the front to suck out another 2 qts. Leave 2 screws and That’s enough to put the mighty vac in between the case and pan to get another qt. Let it drip over 12 hrs and grab another qt. 8qts total. Install your new $40.00 pan from amazon with a Drain plug, cause next time you’ll grab 8.5 to 9 qts. Drive about 150 miles and drain & fill again. Use Amsoil Signature series atf fluid Blue Cap. What I have learned to get less burns. Before re fill, jack the passenger side font up or drive it on a ramp and you’ll be able to get all 9qts back in. I have a 2013 F150 with the 6.2 & 6R80 and I tow a lot, but your transmission will love you at 450,000 miles using Amsoil in Engine oil, transmission Oil/transfer case, front and rear diff oil, coolant and even break fluid.

"it's a lifetime fill. The laws of entropy don't apply here. See you in 6-8 years"- Ford

Liked you video. The only comment is I would have used a suction tool to suck the transmission fluid out thru the dip stick as much as you can before removing the pan. This way when you dropped the pan you won't have any fluid going onto the exhaust pipes.

Had a shop tell me they would have to loosen the exhaust to remove pan and gave me a 700 dollar quote to complete charge over. So I bought a new pan with a drain plug and am going to do it myself.

System takes 13.1L. Pan hold 4.5 or so. Converter holds ~9. Least on the T150-350 3.7 series 6R80s. :)

This was likely covered earlier, but what is the point of including a ‘cold’ measurement level, if everything has to be measured when running/hot?

How do I get the old fluid out of the torque converter?

i wanna see how yall take the back bolts out with out stripping them i had a tuff time taking them off and torqueing them back down but i got it down i wanted to see but you skipped that part. To see if theres an easyer way

Did it stop the rumble? Mine just started the rumble strip sound only at around 50 normal driving when I'm on the gas at a steady speed on and off a second or two. Almost exactly if you hit the strip and move off it. If I accelerate through 50 it doesn't do it, only city driving around 50 on and off gas.

Thank you so much you video is very help full me ineed to change my truck so pleas where did you buy oil and filter which store AutoZone or pleas tell me which ? Thank you so much

I done the same on my 3.7 mustang that has the same transmission at 57k. I think its a great way to keep the trans in good standing. I bought a fill port so you dont have to drop the pan the 2nd time.

Thanks for the information about the measuring gauge - I have not seen this before. Why is the oil not sucked out through this opening? It would be a lot cleaner than be submitted to the Ford contempt for their customers.

Hello, just saw your video today and you mentioned a shudder in the transmission. I have an older 2006 F150 with 5.4 3v. I also had a shudder in my truck at lower rooms under a slight load. Turns out it was the spark plugs and 2 coils . Shudder gone truck runs great at 200,000 miles. Hope this helps

I'm in the process of changing the filter and fluid on my 2015 F150 6R80 transmission with 90000 miles on. I'm the original owner and this is the first I've got into changing the fluid. I checked my fluid after completely warming it up and it was really low on fluid, I would guess at least a couple quarts.

Did it fix your shudder issue ? I have a 09 expedition that downshifts very hard from 2nd to 1st

Did changing the fluid stop the issue you were having with the transmission not shifting correctly?

I drained a full 5 quarts out & spilled about a 1/4 quart. I refilled with 5 quarts before overflow. I closed it up & drove around until the tranny temp was up to normal op temp. I rechecked level while hot & running & it was low, I added another 1.25 quarts in while hot & running & level was at the top of the crosshatch marks.

Couldn't you have syphoned some of the fluid out before removing the pan with a small pump or syphon?

Very informative video. Did it solve the shuttering problem? I have a 2010 xlt with 228k, it started shuttering on me

I did mine today. 2009 4.6L.. 193K, never been changed before. I got about a little over 5 quarts out. I put about 6ish back in, plus I changed the bulk head connector. I've had a very slow leak coming from that. Everything was pretty straight forward. I made a total rookie mistake tho, on the very last bolt after everything had been put back together I snapped off one of the corner bolts. I was rushing and I didn't break out a torque wrench like I knew I should've, I was using my impact and over did it. It's not leaking but I can't sleep at night knowing it's like that. I'll be fixing that after work tomorrow.

may half to do this on my truck!

🤔I put all 13qts in, but not sure how much came out.

I’m assuming your in us what did you pay per quart vs our litre thanks

Any long-term feedback on adding the 7-7.5 qts? Has it been the right level or too much? Very helpful thoughts in this video on the amount of fluid. I was confused because I got about 6qts out, then refilled with about 5.5qts and it overflowed. Then I started it and ran it through P > N > R > D and checked it while running, and the dipstick was dry, almost completely empty. I'm going to go back and add some more with it running and "fine tune it" per the service procedure. I'm a little nervous on overfilling it since I already nearly replaced what I took out.

My Ford service manual (digital version) shows the torque spec for the trans pan bolts to be 106 lbs/in. My manual covers 2013 F150s with the same 6R80 transmission shown here. Ford probably changed the spec somewhere along the line and possibly for a good reason. BTW, even though people usually refer to torque specs as ft/lbs or in/lbs, technically it's actually lbs/ft or in/lbs. But just about everyone, including myself, refers to it incorrectly. I do it (knowing it's incorrect) because other people think it's supposed to be expressed that way. Lbs/ft and in/lbs is actually a measure of work, not torque. You can read how this works in a Wikipedia article or just do a search. So, say it correctly sometime and when someone tells you you got it backwards, bet them $10 bucks that you're right and they're wrong and then collect your $10. :-)

Thanks for the video. Is that kudzu on the trees outside? If so, you are probably in the south east? :) About to change my transmission fluid, thanks for the video!

Did your shuttering go away? Just did mine had a slip on 3rd gear, fluid was low before I began. But it’s great now, awesome video thanks man.

You can use tin foil over crossover, and it will help guide drain and keep it cleaner

Great video Scruf. Did the fluid and filter change solve your low speed shudder issue? I just bought a 2010 and it has that shudder.

Real big tip: just use that pump to get most of that fluid out of the panm through that hole, before you drop the pan, that way you don't lose any and you can pour it all out and measure what you drained, to possibly match what you put back in. Ideally when it's cold and you replace with cold. Even better tip: replace that plan with a drain plug version for the next time it's to be changed. Don't do this while the fluids are warm.

Just ran into this problem myself, put 5 quarts and thinking it’s already full and didn’t know that to put 7.5 quarts in you need the truck running

Is it possible to use a hand pump and pump most of the ATF out via the dip stick fill hole? Is there a way to get a tube skinny enough down there to get most of it out before removing the pan?

How did you get the rear bolts out so easily? My exhaust pipe on my 2016 XLT V8 from the left side crosses over right over the bottom of the trans pan, I'll need some kind of offset wrench but in your video you just breezed through so I wonder if your 5.4 had more clearance than I do.