Transmission pan gasket

[BRONCOKID88]

My bronco has been parked for a while, and now I'm gettin her back out, after sadly seeing her parked for so long. So anyway, when I checked the transmission fluid it was all gone...the stick was bone dry. So I can only assume it is the pan gasket because why else would it all be gone (and there was fluid dripping off the pan)...so my question to you guys is should I go ahead and change my filter while im under there? I've always heard not to change the fluid if you never have(I had to because it's all soaked into the ground), but what about the filter, I don't see how it would hurt to change. It might be a dumb question but I just wanted to hear your thoughts. I'll prob change it anyway because the kit with both is really cheap, is it hard to change the filter? Thanks for the help.

Mitch

 

[Yardape]

Change the filter, its really easy and very self explanitory once you get to it

 

[BRONCOKID88]

cool thats what I thought. I came home today and found out its worse than i thought and there was almost a whole quart pooled up on the ground. before I parked it, it didn't leak that bad at all. a whole quart in two days is pretty bad...oh well good excuse to get my hands sirty. thanks for the help.

 

[Yardape]

Have a look at the dipstick tube, I would believe that is leaking more so than your oil pan. unless all your pan bolts are really loose