my 400 with deep pan,10" and cooler took 10 liters for first fill

 

Fill it till it's full

Are we talking stock pan or deep sump?

 

i have one with a 10" and a deep pan...i think it holds 10 qts. im not positive though, I fill it with from gallon containers.. I read the stick and pay little attention to what it takes

 

i just put a deep pan on it today, holds 2 extra quarts. i've only ever had th350s, so the 400 is new to me.

 

What fluid are you using?

 

that was gonna be my next question, what's everybody using in their street cars?

 

just type f, nothing fancy? i've heard alot of people say b&m trickshift is just plain old trans fluid with a catchy name, is it the same across the board?

 

I think I ran Valvoline, but any brand of Type F would probably be ok. You may want to post this in Hutch's forum.

 

good idea. thanks jake!

 

F type, brand NAPA & up.

 

Ah, Check the dip stick? Damn, depends on the pan, converter, length of cooling lines, size of cooler...

 

 

Do ya get the point ,fill it till the dipstick says it's full!!!!!doesn't matter if it's 10 quarts or 20 ,think with your dipstick!!

 

10 converter 11quarts J D hight guard AS PER ROSSLER

 

as far as fluid I run a type F and Dextron mix as well. Sonmetimes I end up with more type F in it, but it's all good. I've heard trickshift is pretty much the same thing.

 

Ya know there's a transmission tech forum, right?

I'm running a 10.5" converter and no cooler, with a deep pan.

9 quarts did the trick.

I asked Hutch about trans fluid, and wound up going with his recommendation.

He told me to run a 50/50 mix of Type F and John Deere Hyguard.

He said "std viscosity", which is ~20 weight.

They also make a "low viscosity", about ~10 weight, but thats NOT what we want.

 

Ya know there's a transmission tech forum, right?

I'm running a 10.5" converter and no cooler, with a deep pan.

9 quarts did the trick.

I asked Hutch about trans fluid, and wound up going with his recommendation.

He told me to run a 50/50 mix of Type F and John Deere Hyguard.

He said "std viscosity", which is ~20 weight.

They also make a "low viscosity", about ~10 weight, but thats NOT what we want.

yeah, i posted it over there too, but you get more answers here. not always a good thing though, i know:-D.
so 50/50 seems to be the recurring theme, & i'm not sure i've heard that before, at least not that i remember. but i trust you guys, so there it is. thanks!

 

I run Dextron/Mercon....is type F a better fluid?? If so what makes it better?

 

Hopefully someone that knows their shit comes along. But I'll just give my two cents for now.

I've always been told it swells the seals better and in real life experience it has slowed/stopped down some leakers of mine.

Then I've heard it has less friction inhibitors and that helps firm up your shifts.

A couple things I have noticed is color. My fluid is a very nice blood red ever since I started mixing. I've bought all differnt brands of dexron and never had such healthy color that lasted. The fluid seems to have more viscosity as well. Been doing this mix for 5 years or so with great results. My Dad always used to do it years ago to help a leaker, just to get by. lol

 

I always ran just type F...always heard it made it shift harder and that trick shift was basically type F...no proof just what I was told.

 

always ran Type F, auto parts was sold out , so i switched to dextron it shifts just as hard, so i stayed with dextron just my 2cents