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Hi JC, wow I really should check the forums more often. Sorry for the ridiculously late reply. My trans service went well, and only took around an hour to do the actual flush. Changine out all the lines took longer but thats because it was hot out and I had better things to do at the time. I took the chance and flushed everything out with synthetic fluid. It has been almost 10,000 miles now and everything works fine. The biggest part of the job is dropping the trans crossmember so you can remove the oil pan to access the filter. When you drain the fluid from the bottom of the trans ony a small amount will come out, don't assume thts all you'll get, I ended up using 10 quarts iirc. Once you've changed the filter(pull off old, pop on new) and buttoned everything back up the fun begins. Start by removing the return line from the top of the trans cooler, it's on the left side of the radiator at the top. Once it is removed, take a 1 gallon milk jug with the top cut off down behind the radiator and place the line into it. Have someone start the truck up and let it run until the jug is about half full, then shut it off. You have to have the timing down right or else you'll wind up with an awful mess. Once this is done you can pour the same amount of new fluid down the dipstick tube. Do this several more times until you get clean fluid out the return line, then button everything back up and let it run, shifting through all the gears to work out any air you may have trapped(hopefully none). When thats all done let the truck cool down completely, then check the fluid level as you normally would, adding as necessary. Hope this helps.