I've finished the transmission flush! I did encounter a little hitch that slowed things down though...when I removed the drain bolt on the transmission oil pan, it came out easily, but the threads were all screwed up. I wonder if this means that the previous person to install it stripped it? I've never stripped a bolt removing it, at least. IN any event, I had to borrow a tapping device from a friend and clean out the threads, and get another drain bolt. Thankfully that seemed to do the trick and there is no sign of leaking around the bolt.

As for changing the fluid, the procedure was as easy it sounded on the FAQ, but it appears that I slightly overfilled the transmission fluid. It is about a CM over the MAX mark? Will it damage the transmission to have a little excess fluid? And if so, does anybody know the volume of fluid between the min and max marks? I may have to make some kind of pump gizmo to remove the excess, as I absolutely don't want to mess with that drain plug again!

The transmission does shift smoother, no doubt, but it still has a little bump going from 1st to second, only if I'm pushing very lightly on the gas. I've never owned an automatic car before--is this considered normal? Or is this a sign that the transmission has some underlying issues that the fluid flush didnt totally fix?