Update.....

I had a chance to drop the tranny pan....change the tranny filter...install the temp gauge. I think that because the front wheels were on those 8" tall drive up ramps that quite abit of the red fluid drained out....lots more came out when I removed the filter.
It's interesting that the thick factory owners manual that was in the glovebox made no mention of the procedure for draining/re-filling the tranny. So I did it just like I did 3 previous automatics(2 Jeeps and a Yota)....I warmed it up and ran the shifter thru R-N-D-2-L and back up to neutral. With the engine idling and still in neutral(and not on the drive-up ramps), I checked the level. I could see 2 marks near the bottom of the stick with COOL between them....Farther up I saw 2 more notches with HOT between them. It took 6.5 quarts to get the level in the HOT marks. Wow. More than I thought it would take.

I also had a chance to drive it on short trips to work and other places and noted the temp gauge would slowly work it's way up to 160 degrees after about 15 minutes of driving in 112 degree Arizona weather....it made it to 180 once. Now this is driving easy around town at 40~45 mph. The highway should be a little over 180 before it stabilizes with the 180 degree temp of the radiator water that the coils are located in. This is exactly why I want to install the aftermaket cooler up front right behind the grill....but not until November when it cools.