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is there a drain plug on this thing? need to change the tranny fluid and my friend tells me auto's don't have drain plugs. and does it take atf or that mercron 3 stuff?
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Yes there is a drain plug on these tranny's (some autos don't have drain plugs, most do)
It's a fairly large plug, located along the tranny support crossmember. Prettty sure if you lie on your stomach and look under the car you'll see it on the righthand side....1990 Festiva
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just regular atf? the local parts guy couldn't tell me for some odd reason.93-1.6l
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Isnt it standard practice that if youre going to drain the fluid in the tranny that you also change the filter? I thought thats why they "didnt" have a drain plug.Search Master - Honorary Member of Midwest Festiva Inc., Gulf Coast Chapter
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not all auto trans' have a filter. Some, like the Festy, just have a screen. Most auto do not have a drain plug, because the specified fluid change interval is either significant (60k miles or so), or there is no specified change interval. The Festy/Aspire F3A trans uses plain old Mercon/Dexron III. Drain and fill uses about 3.5 quarts.Jim DeAngelis
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Is it advisable to drop the pan and clean that screen out periodically?Search Master - Honorary Member of Midwest Festiva Inc., Gulf Coast Chapter
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YES!! esepcially if you can't tell if there's debris when using the drain plug. Pulling the pan will give you a better picture of how the trans is wearing.Trees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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^^^ agreedJim DeAngelis
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Well I guess I put that one the list of "To Dos". Bella has 86k on her and I bet its never been changed.
Thanks guys. And sorry I didnt mean to swipe anyones thread with my questions. But this is good info for anyone with an Auto Festy.Search Master - Honorary Member of Midwest Festiva Inc., Gulf Coast Chapter
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