MikeKolo
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join:2002-03-03
2 edits | reply to qdemn7
Re: Why No More Transmission Dipstick?
I had a 2005 300m that came to us from the body shop across the street recently and they couldn't figure out how to refill it. It was hit hard in the front lost fluid as well as the lines to the trans. They sent it over to us to complete the repair. It has a filler tube but there's no dipstick. I did some research and found you have to hook a scanner to it and put it in fluid check mode to actually check the level via the computer. The problem is Chyrsler hasn't released enough software to the scanner manufacuters for me to be able to check it the way they recommend.
What I did was to fill the trans. with what I felt might have been lost in the collision and then do what Chrysler recommends for fluid capacity when doing a filter/fluid change. If you think about it even if it was overfilled after the fluid being added it shouldn't matter because at least all air would be removed from the system and any overfill would come out with the trans. pan being removed. In Alldata they do give a capacity spec. for filter/fluid change.
This worked fine except for the fact that the body shop hadn't done their job completely and they didn't secure the cooler lines they'd installed. The customer pick the vehicle up and was driving over the Altamont pass the next day and the unsecured cooler lines rubbed against the serpentine belt cutting them both in half. Back to square one.
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