well had a look at the fluid recently and it looks a bit dark for my liking and now am planning to do a fluid change. anyone done this on an auto tranny?

bascily where is the drain plug and filler hole... i cant seem to find the drain plug, but as for the filler hole i guess where the dip stick is? and roughly how many lts will it hold?

thanks for any info.

This is relatively easy, the drain plug is on the bottom of the gearbox, its rather large, you cant really miss it (17mm or 19mm) And you basically drain all the fluid out, theres a lot of it! The filler is the dipstick, you are correct, and its a ***** to pour in, so like with a manual box, make up a bottle with a tube coming out of it. Without looking at my manual, i cant tell you how many lites it holds, but its roughly 4.5 i think..

Have fun :)

you forgot to mention the filter replacement AF, hang your head in shame


mitsu sell the filters pretty cheap subby.

i was under the impression like most other autos there is a drain pan with a few bolts u must loosen and let it drip out, remove the whole pan, replace the filter, replace the gasket to the pan, screw the pan on, fill it up, done.

still cant find the bolt so im guessin thats how its done.

yes thats how its done. you will need a new gasket aswell. run the car for a second just to try get some of the old fluid out of the stall converter, cant hurt it

thats NOT how its done, there IS a bolt you undo, ive done it before... If i didnt have to walk a long way to my workshop i would get my manual and show you, there is most certainly a bolt you undo... :rant:

well u didn't do it properly :P you should have asked me on the net :P

the filter is behind the sump pan anyway so it has to be removed.

shut up TC, you dont even have a Magna, i do, there is a bolt on the underside of the tranny that you have to undo first..

BTW: TC, im not that uncapable that i cant change tranny fluid... :@

:lurk:

we are talking about an auto :gtfo:

Yeah, i believe i had an auto...

umm your both rite later models had a drain plug but the pan still needs to come off to change the filter, with the TC the auto tranny holds 5.8ltrs dont make me scan the gregorys

woot, i was rite :cool:

i was under the impression like most other autos there is a drain pan with a few bolts u must loosen and let it drip out, remove the whole pan, replace the filter, replace the gasket to the pan, screw the pan on, fill it up, done.

still cant find the bolt so im guessin thats how its done.
that's how ya change the trans fluid in mine... no drain plug on my TM...

they may have put a drain plug on later models that have the revised transmission... who knows

see above, they did put a plug on newer models








plus i needed to post something so i can get the time to set my clock

sexed'tf doesn't have a plug and its a TP wierd.

Maybe he didnt look hard enough for it, TN and TP both had them.

Maybe he didnt look hard enough for it, TN and TP both had them.

Mine didn't.. Had too take off a fluid hose for the oil cooler and run the car for a few seconds to get out the oil, then take off the sump.. Fun! :D

My TN has an auto' tran' drain/sump plug. Not sure if it's the original box for the TN though.

I think there's also a few small magnets in the pan, you clean the metal shavings off (if there is any) and replace them back in there little "holes" or spots at the bottom of the pan.

I'm guessing the hardest thing for the "home mechanic" would be getting as much fluid out of system as possible. Fluid will probably try to hide in the torque converter, bottom of the radiator cooler and anywhere else in the system. I wonder how you can flush it all out?

Perhaps it would be a case of putting 4L (or enough fluid until it's above the lowest mark on hot) Dextron III in and then running it for a few min's and then draining as much as you can again. Finally filling up with the proper Mitsu' grade to the full level.

Or is there some way to pressure flush the system?

List of autos that the 1st gen came with:
TM - KM175
TN Carby - KM175-1 for sedan, KM175-2 for wagon
TN EFI - KM177
TP All - KM177-6

The KM175 and 177 are a slightly different box to look at and you probably find that things are in different locations.

The KM177 is the better box of the two.

either way, autos are a *****, im hoping it wont cost too much to get someone else to do it :P