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Idaho - Zero anger or indignation intended. If any was taken, then it's a personal issue. The primary reason that drain plugs were removed from trans pans was so that people would drop the pan, inspect for debris, and replace the filter. A little info digging on the part of some respondents...

... Jesus Christ.... where's the Doghead button? Okay. One last time... (hopefully) Davis & magpul: 'Flushing' - as used in the transmission industry terminology - GENERALLY involves hooking a heated transmission fluid exchange system inline with one of the transmission cooler lines so...

Drain what fluid you can when you drop pan, check pan for debris, R&R filter & pan gasket, button pan back up, and add fluid. If it was such a major concern to get all of the fluid out, the automakers would have developed a method of doing so YEARS ago. Matter of fact, I haven't seen a torque...

We never recommended synthetic trans fluid be used in older transmissions when I was working in the industry as a technical sales rep. Flushing can break lose old bits of metal, disc materials, etc, that can wreak havoc in the small fluid passages in the valve body, and plug up passages or jam...

I've done the method you mention, drawing in fresh fluid from a container, then having other line hooked to catch bucket. But I wouldn't recommend switching to syn-fluid on a transmission that has already been run/broken in with regular fluid. Transmissions weren't designed to be 'flushed', as...