Tranny Fluid And Other Maintanence

[yank30265]

I was given this 1990 ls400 by a very good friend who took great care of this car(@ dealer for every check up im sure). The car sat for 4 yrs in a garage untill I got it. They said it had electrical problems and had become unreliaBLE. After being on the forums I have an idea about the electrical part. Now My question is should i change the fluids my self? Ive changed the oil twice since Ive had it; I run castrol full synthetic(dealer told me to do this) with k/n oil filter. First time underneath the car I drained what I could out of the radiator(it was very brown colored)and refilled it; then refilled for a few days untill full; Ive been meaning to do this again to try to get all the old out. I need to do the exhaust douhgnuts iknow. How hard is it to do the tranny fluid? Ive dropped the pan and have done the filter before on my Ranger twice;escort twice; so Im sort of mechanicly inclined I just cant spell. Is castrol multi import tranny fluid a good choice? Seems to be compatable w/ this car. oh yea the car had a nice size gash on the passenger side when I got it and being I dont have alot of money I was very happy when i got rear ended by some rich kid and now the car is in near mint condition being that his insurance paid for bodyand paint work from rear doors back. LOL. Should I have the radiator flushed or keep draing some and refilling; and the trannsmission fluid question.

[steve2006]

Hi,

You should only use Toyota Type IV tranny fluid ( it's relatively cheap on your side of the pond unlike in the UK!)

If you have a look on the tutorials section of the site below it will give instructions on the proceedure.

Much the same with the antifreeze/coolant again only the recommended Toyota fluid should be used due to incompatability when mixing with other non approved types and the fact the engine is alloy.

http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/transmission/