How to change transmission fluid in 2012 ram 1500
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- Опубліковано 27 січ 2023
- After my truck hit 200,000 km, it was time for a little TLC. Here's the procedure to change the fluid, and a couple of tips to make things go a little smoother. Be sure to change both the spin off filter and the diamond shaped one.
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At about 250k. I noticed a bit of vibration myself, it ended up being the drive shaft universal joints. Easy to check.
I just finished mine with help from this video.
Awesome! I hope it went smoothly.
Good video. Just what I needed, thanks 👍
to prevent the mess, I used a long tube (clean tube) and put it down the dipstick hole. Then I used a pump to pump out 4-1/2 quarts of the old ATF. So, when I removed the pan, some was still in there and was a bit messy, but far less than it would have been if I hadn't sucked out the majority of the fluid first.
Also, if you plan on doing this again or if you plan on flushing the old fluid out, replacement pans with a drain plug are less than US$50 if you search around. With my truck being driven pretty hard (I have a lead foot) and with it's age, I'll probably be replacing the fluid more often now that I'm over 200,000 miles. Plus, I did some research and found that there are far better fluids to use over the standard. Because Royal Purple does an amazing job at removing gunk from the lubricants in engines, and since their ATF has the same formula that the engine oil uses which is amazing at cleaning the engine, I decided to go with their ATF and in a couple of months will flush just the fluid. In a few tens of thousand miles, I'll drain it again and replace the filters since they are relatively cheap and this job is pretty simple to do with a little attention to detail and care for keeping everything clean as it is being done.
Your video was a great resource for me to get this job done right the first time and I did not forget the magnet. Thanks for making a great video. You did mention that taking fluid out can't be done. Actually, if you have any kind of pump and a long hose, it's pretty easy to remove as much as needed and almost all of it if necessary. Plus, spending the extra US$50 to replace the pan with one that has a plug saves a lot of time from cleaning the pan and getting the gasket area clean as well as adding the drain plug that can simply be loosened to reduce the level to the normal operating levels required.
Thanks again and happy driving!
I never considered putting a tube down the dipstick hole, good idea. I had recently heard that there is a kit to install a drain plug in the existing pan, but I am reluctant to do that in case it leaks or I ruin the pan. Buying a new pan is a much better solution, and the next time I change it (400,000km), I'll definitely look for an after market pan with a drain plug. I rotate Royal Purple engine oil through, I'll check it out for the transmission for next time. Thanks for the info, keep that truck running! 200,000 miles is great! I just topped 200,000 miles on mine.
@@thewrighthandyman8139 I found that pans with drain plugs that were manufactured to be there are available on Amazon for under $50. I put mine on yesterday, but forgot to think about curing time of the RTV and finished around 10:00 PM, but realized I couldn't put fluid in it for a while until the RTV dried. Unfortunately, I have to leave for work at around 5:15 AM. So, I got up at about 3:00 and went outside to quietly fill the transmission. I used a different pump for this. I had a brand new pump from Harbor Freight. It's one o those orange pumps with the cheap hoses, but it worked extremely well. I used a pump because one of the things I neglected to purchase and didn't realize it until I had the fluid drained and couldn't drive to the store was a funnel. That's a terrible thing to realize that you need at 3:00 AM. Luckily, I found the little hand pump that is designed for gas, kerosene, diesel, oil, etc. With it being safe for those fluids, I thought it should be plenty safe for ATF. I used it instead of the first pump because it was cleaner and the first pump pulled the old AFT into a really dirty reservoir. I didn't care about the old fluid going into something dirty, but the last thing I wanted was to have $85 of Royal Purple MAX ATF go through the older tubing and reservoir when I had a brand new and pristine harsh fluid pump. Was it cleaner than using a funnel? Probably not. Trying to handle one tube going a little bit down the dip-stick hole, an open bottle of royal purple and this pump in the middle that wasn't attached to anything but two ill-fitted hoses made a huge mess in my engine bay, on me, but luckily not on my driveway. The extraction pump worked beautifully. When I saw the end of the dip-stick in your video, that gave me the idea of using one. I was going to use the compressor with a vacuum suction manifold to automatically suck all of is out, but the darn thing started leaking at a fitting and I didn't want it to distract me. Anyway, my Road Warrior drive to work on the insane Southeast Texas highways was much, much more pleasant this morning. Here, people drive between 85 and 100 on the in-town highways, no kidding, even my 85 year old dad cruises along at 100 on an average day. Then they come to a full and very immediate stop. A wreck? A stalled car? Nope, they just do that for no real reason. But this morning, I outran the feral boy and his razor sharp boomerang because my truck shifted like a dream, my engine purred and growled from the cold air ram that I just installed, and it stopped so fast, I went three minutes back in time at every absolute zero freeze that the traffic made so pointlessly!
Great video. I’ve got 112,000 on mine and getting ready to change those filters. Also I noticed I had a leak coming from my back window. Got work to do my friend
I know there is a short and long tube filter, I don't remember which one I needed. I haven't had the back window leak yet... good luck!
I've got 260,000 on my 1500, and I wanna do the transmission fluid. Wish you had gone over the gasket part more. Yours looked like a preformed gasket, while another video showed just laying down a bead of gasket maker.
It was a preformed gasket that came in the kit. There should be the diamond shaped pre-filter, a silver spin on filter and the gasket.
Nice video bro 😎👍
Thanks!
Great video!, How did you add the new fluid?
I used a funnel to put it down the transmission dipstick tube
@@thewrighthandyman8139 thanks
They sell drain plugs that you could mount in the pan to drain the oil the next time I would have drilled a hole in the pan A head of time for the plug and prevented that big mess you made
Awesome, I wasn't aware they made a plug you could install. I'll keep that in mind for next time I change it.
I also noticed that there is a spin on filter in the transmission you didn't change the spin on filter
Yes, this is true, I think I pointed at it in the video saying it was a filter. When I bought a kit, all I got was the gasket and the diamond shaped pre-filter. I have changed the transmission oil since I made this video, and I did change both filters (I got both in the kit this time).
What motor do you have mine doesn't have a dip stick
I have the 5.7 hemi with the 6 speed.
you skip over to many details
Poor video, you did not unplug filter, ... glue the pan ...
The filter is the large diamond shaped thing that I showed. It has the torx screws where one of them is right above the exhaust cross over. Glue the pan? You don't glue the pan onto your vehicle, that causes so many issues. The gasket (which I talked about lining up properly) is what seals the pan to the transmission. If you do it right, there won't be any leaks.