Thank you for the write-up. It helped a great deal. I wouldn't of known to put the line clamp from Rockauto on there otherwise.
This kit can even help a trans with 244k miles on it.Never really had a problem with the max-adapt till close to 200k, even then it was very rare. Most of the time this car is only on the highway. No chunks or shavings, normal debris on the magnet.
So far it is working out great. Shifts are much quicker, as others have said, feels like how it should have been originally. Hopefully this will preserve the tranny for a few more years till we are better able to afford to replace the car.
A few notes I can add after doing this job...
OP is right about not torquing the pan bolts with a regular rubber gasket to 120 inch pounds. The previous trans fluid change on this car was the first time I had done it myself so I did not realize the stock gasket was reusable and I replaced it with a regular rubber one. I ended up torquing the bolts to 120 like it is recommended and when I dropped the pan this time all the bolt holes were bent up and I ended up having to straighten them all out. So unless you are using the ribbed gasket with the aluminum inner core 120 is too much torque and you will have a big hassle later when you change the fluid again.
Thanks again.
