How to Change the Fluid and Filter on an Allison B500 (also 3000/4000) Transmission in my Prevost

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@lordkevork 5 ай бұрын

I always send my old oil out to be lab tested. Learn so much and avoid a costly breakdown or more. Pretty inexpensive also.

@davidsherwin8967 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Very helpful for my Allison MH3000 on my Winnebago Journey.

@drsadventures 5 ай бұрын

Hi Ted I have a Allison 3000 in my motorhome (Safari Cheetah) and I did the service as you are doing but I went to a truck repair facility, and they sold the entire kit in 1 box was very handy.....Always enjoy your videos!!!! Some day I would like to upgrade to a Prevost.............

@TedsGarage 5 ай бұрын

Good tip and glad you enjoy my videos! I hope you’ll be able time make the upgrade one day, we love this bus!

@glennman9890 15 күн бұрын

Very good information Ted. You do a great job with your videos.

@TedsGarage 12 күн бұрын

Glad you like them!

@tomkrause62 5 ай бұрын

I picked up a 40 or 50qt plastic tote from Walmart, easily holds all the oil from out Monaco's cavities.

@tomhamilton9816 5 ай бұрын

Hi Ted, thank you for another great informative video. hopefully the bit of rust, on the bottom of the filters, doesn't turn out to be anything, I would think if you had any kind of issue, you would see other signs of it. Again thank you and as always, looking forward to your next videos!! ❤❤❤

@TedsGarage 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I’m not worried about the rust on the filters. I’ve put 4k miles on since and no issues. I’m going to guess just a little residual water that got in from sitting at some point.

@tomhamilton9816 5 ай бұрын

@TedsGarage good to hear, hope you have a nice weekend! :)

@curttundra 5 ай бұрын

Most likely the rust was caused by condensation when parking the bus in cold weather after a long drive. If the bus sits for a long period between use this is normal rust. The water created by condensation will be chemically and heat removed once the trans oil is brought to operating temperature and ran for a few hundred miles. Remember this buses were designed to be operated 24/7 with very little down time.

@helifan1961 4 ай бұрын

Maybe I missed it in the video, but have you given any thought to the fluid that still remains in the lines, torque converter, and cooler? I have the 4000 on my motorhome and I am planning on a transmission fluid change soon. I suppose doing the "7 gallon" change is much easier than trying to get all the fluid out, and could just be performed a little more frequently. I am enjoying your videos, thanks.

@TedsGarage 4 ай бұрын

That's a good point, and one I didn't address in the video. Generally with automatic transmissions the way I've handled this is by doing some sort of "short cycle" change of the fluid. Either do the change, run the vehicle for a few minutes cycling through the gears, and then drain and refill the pan again, or alternately just waiting until a convenient "soonish" time. I actually bought another 7 gallons and am going to do a flush of just the pan over the weekend. This has worked for me on every automatic I've worked with regardless of manufacturer. Glad you've been enjoying my videos!

@helifan1961 4 ай бұрын

@@TedsGarage I'm convinced. Cheers!

@Chief351L 2 ай бұрын

You’ve stated several times that it’s Obvious Visually that the fluid needs to be changed and it actually looks pretty good. You’ve mentioned that you come from the aviation industry as have I so can you share what in the video that you see are the indicators.

@TedsGarage 2 ай бұрын

The video probably doesn't have it come through very well. But in person, you can both see the darker color of the red, and the smell of the burned transmission fluid. It was by no means the worst that I've ever seen or terrible, but the transmission shifted and behaved better afterwards.