Wild one
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When i get a chance im going to check mine level with the ground. When i changed mine i leveled the trans and did it that way. then drove it up to 180F and then checked it again (with trans level). Im curious how it will read with just having truck level. We all know if a dealer does the service, or any shop for that matter, its up on a lift with your truck level. However the trans itself is not level. I had to lift mine around 10" and that was with it facing downhill a bit. I have not noticed any difference after changing fluid. I plan to change it again soon as a pan drop and refill only used a gallon. Went with Redline D6 in mine.
Theres been a couple guys who did the old measure and replace with the same amount,and have had to jack the truck up to get the measured amount back in.But there's also a few trucks running around who haven't jacked the rear up,and they seem to be working okay .The factory fill instructions are very specific about leveling the transmissions pan rail,but the majority of dealers aren't spending the time to level the pan rail,so the transmission might have enough pan capacity to operate at a lower level and still live.I followed the instructions that came with my brand new ZF which tell you to level the pan rail,but it might not be as important as the instructions make it out to be,but to maintain the 3 year warrenty the tranny came with,i followed them to a T,lol