Quote Originally Posted by BillBoost37 View Post
Trans fluid is cake if you either pull it up or hit walmart in the storage area and get an 18x24 or so plastic tote about 4-6' high. I would automatically do a pan drop and swap out the filter. If the gasket appears to have metal inside it.. clean it and reuse it. Factory gasket is a lifetime gasket as long as it's not damaged, and it's tough to damage it.

Rear three plugs.. a knife can help get the wires off, as can a prybar etc. I have gone as far as using a hammer to break the plugs, but you risk part of the inside falling into a cylinder.

Personally.. when my dad got a car that had sat for 7 years w/o being started. I dropped a battery in and it ran. Then I did valve cover gaskets (make sure you do grommets too), intake gaskets, elbows, and then if it's still leaking do the oil pan gasket but rtv both sides of the new gasket.

ps.. likely the ac was turned off by pcm once it saw the misfire.
Good to know about the AC turning off when the CEL came on. I thought I had yet another thing to deal with and having no AC in the summer was gonna suck. lol

Is the trans gasket a rubber gasket or a fiber type? Thank you for your advice.