David Schmidt 2
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I need some quick advice. Short story - I changed the tranny oil - now no forward and no reverse (and engine running funny for some reason). Long Story - I did something stupid - I took off the hose to the tranny cooler in front of the engine - started engine and drained like 3 quarts out. I than put three quarts back into fill tube. My idea of trying to do a poor man flush since dropping the pan only captures like 4 quarts. I than dropped pan - did EPC adjustment (which I just reversed), new filter, new bolt, new o-rings, new gasget - put back together and added 4 quarts - started engine. Was running funny - kind of shaking around for some reason - put through all the gears several times - tried to back out of garage - no reverse, no forward. Tried 2 other times for short stints of like 30 seconds or so. I dropped the pan thinking I may have left the EPC wires off by accident or new filter not installed correctly- first thing I noticed was that the pan had maybe like 1/2 cup of oil in it. Everything else inside looked good. Pulled dip stick and its way high up on the stick - looks like oil didn't get into pan causing this problem? EPC connection was good and I pullled the torque screw back a 1/4 turn or so just in case. So - I decide to put my hand pump in the tranny pan with it 1/2 installed by 1 bolt so dangling - I hand pumped in 2 quarts of tranny oil into the bottom of the pan - thinking it will help to get oil near the filter - I couldn't see any type of "tube" it draws from. I than stuffed a small hose down the fill tube to draw out 2 quarts because its overfilled now and smallest hose won't go deep enough - about 8" short of dipstick length - used smalled vacuum hose from auto store. I can't get it out. Its dark now so I have not tightened up the pan bolts and not started it back up. I was thinking about taking off tranny cooler lines again and hand pumping some oil into the intake side (right side) - I think the pump ran dry and needs a prime? I can't think of anything else? Advice on how to start this thing up safely and to get the extra oil out safely? I read my factory manual and I couldn't find any special procedure for priming.