How to change the AT Filter on my '90 V6 4X4

[Foreign4aday]

Can i just pop off the pan? Or is the dipstick going to cause a problem?

 

[4runner_kid]

Can i just pop off the pan? Or is the dipstick going to cause a problem?

The pan will just come off. The dipstick come's off the pan about a foot up.

 

[Foreign4aday]

haha thanks again... man the fluid was very dark no bueno....

 

[Foreign4aday]

do i have to remove the control arm as well? there is not enough clearance to remove the pan...

 

[4runner_kid]

do i have to remove the control arm as well? there is not enough clearance to remove the pan...

I didn't take anything off to pull my pan when i did mine.