York Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Roughly how many miles might I reasonably expect to get on my '93 SC400 transmission? It is regularly serviced and used as a daily driver. I am at 135,000 miles now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekit Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I thought mine was going (went) out, but it was a dirty filter. 2000 miles later (6 months), it did the same thing. Another filter and all is well. I've read too many bad things about doing a flush on one with an unknown service history to try that. ( I bought mine w/ 134,000 on it.) 93 sc400. It really seems to take very little crap to plug these filters up. Filters are $24 and you'll need 5 quarts of Type 4 Toyota ATF. I hope I'm not doing this every 2000 miles though.......Anyone else going thru this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatingupblacktop Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I thought mine was going (went) out, but it was a dirty filter. 2000 miles later (6 months), it did the same thing. Another filter and all is well. I've read too many bad things about doing a flush on one with an unknown service history to try that. ( I bought mine w/ 134,000 on it.) 93 sc400. It really seems to take very little crap to plug these filters up. Filters are $24 and you'll need 5 quarts of Type 4 Toyota ATF. I hope I'm not doing this every 2000 miles though.......Anyone else going thru this? Try dropping the pan to clean it out. Make sure you take out the mags and clean them well. Also use a new gasket. I would also do a complete flush (not a power flush), to replace all of the fluid. Here's the safe way to flush the tranny: http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/transmission/transflush.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekit Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Thanks for the info. Yes, I dropped the pan and even took it to the local car wash to pressure wash the outside and inside. I took out the magnets and cleaned them real well. They did have quite a bit of black sludge around them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexSC400328 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 mines at 156000 and still beasting. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanGrac Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Roughly how many miles might I reasonably expect to get on my '93 SC400 transmission? It is regularly serviced and used as a daily driver. I am at 135,000 miles now. 247,000 and still kicking it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Wow, 247,000, that is impressive! I was under my car yesterday and noticed that the last person (a trans shop) to drop the transmission pan did not use a gasket, but globbed sealant all over the place instead. I have a new filter and gasket kit so I guess I will go ahead and clean off the sealant and install the new stuff myself. It will be interesting to see if the magnets have much stuff on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Roughly how many miles might I reasonably expect to get on my '93 SC400 transmission? It is regularly serviced and used as a daily driver. I am at 135,000 miles now. I thought I had transmission problems with my 92 SC400 with 165,000. My mechanic (who is very good) who only works on top of the line foreign cars told me that he had never seen any problems with this transmission. Turned out to be a brake locking problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65electra401 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 My transmission, until someone spilled a soda in it, was performing very well at 164,000. Im sure it wouldve lasted longer too had a soda not been spilled... Well, and it's not even necessarily the transmission, its just the fact that its stuck in park. When i manage to get it out of park it still runs VERY well. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesnake SC400 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Mine '93 SC400 is still running strong at 184k. Run it as a daily driver in cold and humid climate of Latvia (-15c today). Great reliability. Have to note tranny is outdated to nowadays standars. Slow shifting and 4 gears is inferior to my other car Audi A8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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