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OK, here's my revised checklist for a transmission fluid and filter change:

1. Run the vehicle until it reaches normal operating temperature.
2. Shut it off
3. Jack up the vehicle, both front and back to keep it level so I can get under it easier.
4. Drain the transmission fluid through the drain plug.
5. Replace the plug with a new copper gasket; torque to 28 ft-lbs.
6. Support the transmission with a floor jack
7. Drop the transmission support bracket
8. Drop the transmission pan
9. Clean out the pan
10. Remove the old transmission pan gasket and clean gasket surfaces on the pan and the transmission
11. Remove and replace the transmission filter
12. Attach the transmission pan gasket to the pan with gasket adhesive
13. Replace the pan
14. Torque the pan bolts to 11 ft-lbs.
15. Re-install the transmission support bracket
16. Remove fill plug
17. Pump in transmission fluid until it runs out of the fill port.
18. Replace the fill plug
19. Start the engine and leave in "P"
20. Remove fill plug
21. Pump in some fluid until it runs out of the fill port
22. Have someone cycle through the gears P-R-N-D-3-2-1-2-3-D-N-R-P while you add fluid until it runs out of the fill port.
23. Replace fill plug copper gasket and replace fill plug; torque to 28 ft-lbs.
24. Run the vehicle for about 2500 miles then change the fluid again.

Let me know what you think....