Getting ready to do some fluid drains/fills

These points work much better for me than the proscribed locations for the scissor jack. The latter, along that bottom weld, don't appear to be reiniforced in any way, and a safety stand is very skittish on them.



These are also 6 ton safety stands, btw, completely unextended, they barely fit. I sometimes have to nudge the car slightly (carefully) to get the driver's side one in. Base to top of cradle dim on these is 15". My floor jack had a theoretical max lift of 21", though I suspect it's actual under-load lift is a little less. It's a cheapo brand 3 ton. (I should trade mark that name, lol.)

As you can see from the wheel clearance, the lift is pretty good, lots of room for breaker bar. I use one that's about 18" on the transaxle bolts, lots of room.

 

The consensus here is ATF change at first 30,000 miles, then every 60,000 miles. 30/90/150/210/270/330/390/450...

 

Maybe good to consider a time element as well? I'm likely going to do it this fall, three years since I last drained it. We're very low mileage, but tri-yearly does not seem onerous to me, and I'm doing an oil change at the same time.

 

Hoo I feel your pain with the breaker bar. Next time in Lowes or Home D pick up a a piece of 1 inch emt tubing in the electrical aisle they use for electrical circuits. Bring a hacksaw cut it down to pieces if you have a small car as they only sell it in 10 foot pieces. Its the worlds best breaker bar as the tubing slips over the end of a b bar or ratchet. I have that tubing in all sizes...1 foot...2....3 foot you get the idea. I keep a 3 foot piece in the trunk box with a b bar to get the lugs off if the tire goes flat on the road. Its a very cheap breaker bar and can be cut to fit custom spaces.
I once had to use a 5 foot long piece over a half inch breaker bar to get a hub nut off a P71 Crown Vic I owned to replace the wheel bearing. 32 mm nut thats on at 160 ft lbs. And has to be tightened to 160 ft lbs.

Good times. I miss that car...loved it. Living room on wheels lol.

 

If you do your own car maintenance, I would advise investing in a Mityvac 7201 fluid extractor :

This make MANY maintenance tasks a lot easier.