DO NOT overtorque these bolts! Finally, replace the drain plug (with a new gasket - these can be had for like 20 cents) if you haven't already, and refill the fluid through the dipstick tube. Put the new gasket on your pan (put some RTV "gasket-maker" down on the pan first to hold the gasket in place), then replace the pan and torque the bolts to 6-7 ft-lbf. Clean out the transmission fluid pan, then clean off both gasket mating surfaces, being careful not the make any deep gouges. Push the new filter into place (if it doesn't fit, check the opening above the filter for an old o-ring or something from the original filter). Remove the sensor-thingy carefully from the filter, and slowly pull the filter down to remove it (be careful, since it probably still has fluid in it). Once those are off, you might have to work to get the pan off since the gasket has probably been on there since the car was new. Jack up the front of the car, remove your transmission dipstick, and open that drain plug (make sure the fluid is still warm - maybe drive around a few minutes and then let it sit for 10 minutes.) Once the fluid is drained, take of the screws around that drain pan. First, go to an autoparts store and get a filter and gasket kit - the shop manual says to use RTV silicone stuff for the gasket, but a solid cork or rubber gasket is much harder to mess up IMHO. There should be a pan that looks similar to your oil pan with a drain plug at the back of it. Look underneath your car on the driver's side. There actually is a filter - whoever told you there isn't has been smoking some good pete.
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