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This weekend, I changed her fluids (the tranny fluid was almost black, and the oil was almost 3k miles old!) and gave her a complete scrub down! As soon as I can find a digital camers to borrow, I will post some pics!!! I used Royal Purple tranny fluid (85w) and the shifter feel is less notchy. It was a flaming bitch to get the fluid in there though!!!!!
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Hey, my tranny is sitting on my floor, what do you think about changing the oil while it is out of the car, is this possible, it seems like a hell of an easier idea to me! What do you think?
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Good idea! I had to get a long funnel and add a pice of huge vacuum hose to it to get it to go in. Took me almost 3 hours to do it!!!! Hell yeah, put that stuff in there before you install it!
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The longer the gear oil has to travel is bad. Cut like a 3'' section of fuel line, put it over the end of the bottle, hold the bottle right up to the hole, and squeeze like a bitch.
I have a thing that you can pressurize with an air nozzle to force it in, makes it super easy
I have a thing that you can pressurize with an air nozzle to force it in, makes it super easy
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I tried the 3" thing. The hose shot off and into the tranny! I had to drain it, and dig around for almost half an hour to get the piece of hose out of the tranny! I DO NOT recommend this plan. Sorry Felix, but it was a REAL headache! It also took a LOT of squeezing to get any fliud to go in.
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Redline MT-90 or Royal Purple 70w-90w. It costs an arm and a leg, though. 9 bucks a 2 quart bottle. It took about 2 and a hlf bottles to fill the gear box.
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Hey I want to change my tranny fluid too but never did find the fill plug. Where is it located at? I know where the drain is but can't drain it till I get the fill plug off wherever it is.
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I tried the 3" thing. The hose shot off and into the tranny! I had to drain it, and dig around for almost half an hour to get the piece of hose out of the tranny! I DO NOT recommend this plan. Sorry Felix, but it was a REAL headache! It also took a LOT of squeezing to get any fliud to go in.
I tried the 3" thing. The hose shot off and into the tranny! I had to drain it, and dig around for almost half an hour to get the piece of hose out of the tranny! I DO NOT recommend this plan. Sorry Felix, but it was a REAL headache! It also took a LOT of squeezing to get any fliud to go in.
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hah, I'll save myself the trouble and do it while it's out, but I have to fix my damn oil leak in my cooler line before I go worrying about the tranny.
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Hey, Ryde, it is a square bolt on the driver's side of the tranny. It has exposed threads. I had to use a crescent wrench to get it off. And Felix, I guess not! Man that scared the **** out of me!!!!! "Where did the hose go...OH ****!...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" That was no fun AT ALL!!!
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Hey, Ryde, it is a square bolt on the driver's side of the tranny. It has exposed threads. I had to use a crescent wrench to get it off. And Felix, I guess not! Man that scared the **** out of me!!!!! "Where did the hose go...OH ****!...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" That was no fun AT ALL!!!
Hey, Ryde, it is a square bolt on the driver's side of the tranny. It has exposed threads. I had to use a crescent wrench to get it off. And Felix, I guess not! Man that scared the **** out of me!!!!! "Where did the hose go...OH ****!...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" That was no fun AT ALL!!!
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The easiest way to change the tranny fluid is via a vaccum pump. These are available at almost any RESPECTABLE auto parts stores(that means that autozone doesnt have them) It looks like a Caulk gun only it has a metal permanent tube canister with a piece of hose on the nozzle. You can fill your tranny up in under 10 minutes with one of these things.
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Geez, It only takes me about 10 min to change the fluid- including jacking it up.
I have a nice little attachment that screws onto any standard oil bottle, engine, gear or otherwise, and has a little one-way valve, and about a 15 inch hose on it. You just stick the hose in the hole, and squeeze the bottle. It has a hose that goes down to the bottom of the bottle, so all you do is squeeze!! Cost 8 bucks at Canadian Tire. (The mecca of the North for auto hacks)
I have a nice little attachment that screws onto any standard oil bottle, engine, gear or otherwise, and has a little one-way valve, and about a 15 inch hose on it. You just stick the hose in the hole, and squeeze the bottle. It has a hose that goes down to the bottom of the bottle, so all you do is squeeze!! Cost 8 bucks at Canadian Tire. (The mecca of the North for auto hacks)
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I remember losing my rubber gromet from the top injector.. Finally relized it ran down the runners... Took the lower manifold off and it was in the engine side secondary port a couple inches away from being inside the engine.
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