DIY'ing 7A trans fluid, need advice!

V8Nissan

I do mine myself as well and am doing it at 20k interval. Bought my car with 17k and did it at 20k and it was definitely dirty. I removed the pan and cleaned the magnets. I also added 2 bungs that I mig welded in. One for temperature probe and one for a better fill port. Basically when you pump fluid in this transmission the idea is to be under the car with it level and when you do the final fluid service, you are pumping it in and then with the trans at 104 degrees you will remove the overfill plug and drain off the excess fluid WITH ENGINE RUNNING. It's like checking a conventional transmission in park with engine running and warm except instead of a dipstick you are using the standpipe in the pan to set the fluid level. I did mine with engine off the first time by mistake and the car shifted funny. After rereading the maintenance procedure from alldatadiy I realized it had to be running and I was about 2 quarts low. Also my trans temp gauge matches what I measure with my Harbor freight laser gun within a few degrees on the pan surface