S40 Is there a automatic transmission dipstick

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seadooman - 29 Jun 2005 05:36 GMT

Just purchased a used 01 s40,in the owners handbook makes reference to
trans oil type and quanity but no reference to if theres a dipstick.
Is there or not??

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Michael Cerkowski - 30 Jun 2005 04:50 GMT

> Just purchased a used 01 s40,in the owners handbook makes reference to
> trans oil type and quanity but no reference to if theres a dipstick.
> Is there or not??

I don't know, but hope so. Volvo tried using the "sealed" type
transmission
on the early 850, with truly impressively bad results. I think it was a
GM
tranny...

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James Sweet - 30 Jun 2005 07:47 GMT

> > Just purchased a used 01 s40,in the owners handbook makes reference to
> > trans oil type and quanity but no reference to if theres a dipstick.
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> GM
> tranny...

A GM tranny was used in a Volvo while owned by Ford?

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Mike F - 30 Jun 2005 13:32 GMT

> > > Just purchased a used 01 s40,in the owners handbook makes reference to
> > > trans oil type and quanity but no reference to if theres a dipstick.
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>
> A GM tranny was used in a Volvo while owned by Ford?

The transmission wasn't sealed, there just was no fluid replacement in
the service schedule. And the transmission was not a GM transmission,
it was made by Asian Warner, just like the units that proved so reliable
in the 240/700/900. And while the 850 was in production, Volvo cars
wasn't owned by Ford. And the S80 T6 has always used a GM transmission,
the 4T65E, so Ford has been buying transmissions from GM since they
bought Volvo in 1999.

Interestingly I've read that GM and Ford are co-developing a 6 speed
automatic. (already 1 speed behind Mercedes!)

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.. - 01 Jul 2005 02:04 GMT

Since when is one less speed "behind"?
Coincidentally, I just brought a friend of mine over to Fletcher Jones
Mercedes here in Las Vegas. As the service manager was showing him what
suspension parts they just replaced (on an 1,800 mile old car), I
commented on the six Mercedes with transmissions on hydraulic stands
either being taken out or being put back in. Chuckling, the service
manager said...."Yeah, when the temperature gets over 100 degrees, the
department fills up with transmission problems". Three of the cars still
had the Nevada temporary paper plate on them that are only good for a
max. of 30 days.
One speed behind, indeed...One speed behind on the flatbed!
I'd like to see a return to Power-Glide used on Chevrolets or the old
four-speed Hydra-Matics used on Cadillacs from the 40's and 50's. They
were air-cooled, lasted for a couple of hundred thousand miles and were
rebuildable, not junkable.

> Interestingly I've read that GM and Ford are co-developing a 6 speed
> automatic. (already 1 speed behind Mercedes!)

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Michael Pardee - 01 Jul 2005 05:12 GMT

> Since when is one less speed "behind"?
> Coincidentally, I just brought a friend of mine over to Fletcher Jones
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> were air-cooled, lasted for a couple of hundred thousand miles and were
> rebuildable, not junkable.

The Toyota Prius has what they call an "electronic CVT." It has CVT action
but has no belts, clutches or shifting gears. It's a pretty slick system
that is essentially a skewed differential with a pair of motor/generators to
simulate a transmission.

Having driven a '67 Chevy Biscayne with a "Powerglide" slushbox and a
"Turbothrift" 6 cylinder engine, I can honestly say the Powerglide was
awful. The Chevy did more gliding and thrifting than powering and turboing.
Once we got off the road into snow at 12000 feet, and the wheels wouldn't
spin even in reverse... the engine sounded like it was idling at full
throttle! The passengers got out and pushed it back onto the road.

Mike

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Lloyd Wells - 30 Jun 2005 11:40 GMT

>> Just purchased a used 01 s40,in the owners handbook makes reference to
>> trans oil type and quanity but no reference to if theres a dipstick.
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> think it was a
> GM tranny...

The transmission dipstick on the S-40 is located down below the throttle
body assembly. Look carefully on the right side (while facing the engine)
front. A flashlight helps. You'll see a flat, circular plastic knob stuck
way down beneath the intake hoses.

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