[T3] AT how-to?

[Iamkeen@aol.com]

OK, I'm buffalo'd here.

Wanting to run a Level-1 Diagnostic on an auto trans, as per procedures in 
Bentley.
But Bentley's verbage leaves me with quite a few unanswered questions.
Can anyone who's done this offer a real-world explanation of the whole 
vac-pressure testing operation?  Alternate methods that have worked for you?
How should these hoses be connected to the test outlets?  Are there special 
fittings I oughta be looking for, to avoid damaging the connections in the 
tranny case?  Should I be concerned about the pressure ratings of the hoses 
I'm using?  And what sort of guages should I be looking for?
Also, there's talk of taking pressure readings & making adjustments with the 
main vacuum hose disconnected... and then, later, taking the readings again 
under driving conditions, with the hose hooked up.  Am I correct in thinking 
that readings with the hose off are meant to establish a baseline, because 
the setup mimics a "nil" signal from the engine?
And if all this pressure testing reveals that something in the valve body is 
shot, would I be better off trying to hunt down & replace the actual broken 
bit?  Or just getting a whole new unit?  Do new/reconditioned AT valve bodies 
even exist?  The book makes it look like the valve body is 100% 
serviceable... by someone with way more experience and a better-outfitted 
garage than I have.

Please advise. Thanks.

--timmy
'72 square (4 on the floor, no worries)
'69 square (wife HAD to have the *#$@%* automatic!)
Jax, FL

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