Thanks fuse. Just to help me understand everything that you said.
The atf drain is on the bottom with a 3/8 square,

the radiator bleed bolt is the 14mm with a hole in it. it looks like i could just connect a tubing to it and just loosen the top screw part instead of the entire 14mm bolt and that would make it redirect the atf fluid thru the tubing and into a container, is that possible? or do i have to loosen the whole thing and watch the atf fluid get all over me?

I think I read somewhere that this atf will drain 2.6 quarts and that I have to repeat this twice for a total of 3 times.

I'm not sure what you are wanting me to do with the vacula. the rest of the atf fluid from what I read was in the torque converter, there is about 6 quarts total in the system. what is the prcedure for the vacula?

you say i can drain the block's coolant with the previously mentioned 14mm with the tubing connteor looking thing on top of it, but I have to bleed the system a bit. does that mean first I need to unscrew the radiator drain plug, let it all drain, than loosen the block coolant drain, let that all drain out, close the radiator drain, pour new coolant and wait til the block coolant drain has fluid coming out in a stream, close the block drain, and fill radiator from cap til full?

sorry these seem like such mundane questions, I really want to make sure I do this right

-Bruce