On that golden brown tranny fluid, I would drain and refill once, run it in gear for a minute or so and then drop the pan, change the filter and again add new fluid. By doing this, you will get a lot more of that old fluid out of the system, other wise your tranny is still running on bad ATF and will be short lived.

 

Mike so I should drain, refill with new atf fluid runn it for a little bit and then drain and change the filter? what pump are you guys using??

 

Yes change the fluid first and run for a while. This will dilute the bad oil from the gears with good oil. Then drain and change the filter, good thing ATF oil is cheap.

You can buy a cheap hand pump from any of the automotive stores. Harbor Freight is probably your cheapest. Don't pay over $15 for one.