Changing out the gear oil in the trans. Any tips on how to pump in the new fluid?
Gear oil change
I got a long hose and ran if from the fill hole, out and up from underneath the rocker. Stood next to the car and squeezed about 2 quarts of fluid into the hose and tranny till it started to run out on the floor. Messy, but worked.
kmsnsx
#3
If you have a harbor freight nearby (or even autozone or something) they have a cheap fluid pump that works for this. hose on one end extracts the fluid from the bottle, hose on other end pushes it into the gearbox.
turbo329is
#4
If you use royal purple the cap has a nozzle that you can put a hose on and squeeze it in. This was really slow. I have also used a suction gun. I would be surprised if the plastic pump you put on top of the jug could handle the stress of pumping cold gear oil.
King_Tut
#5
Buy the cheap fluid pump from your local parts store and then find a jug that the top actually screws onto and use that. The one I got works great on a gallon jug of Redline, so I just fill the jug up with the fluid I need to pump and pump it in. I would recommend Redline MTL for the tranny.
djs325
#6
I use a funnel with a long piece of hose; INSIDE the car remove the shifter boot, and feed the hose down through the hole into the fill plug of the gearbox.
But I got the best results when I drained the gearbox off the car, then used a 0.5L fill of Castrol VMX80 with some shaking (not too strenuous) then draining, then filled with Motul Gear 300 75W-90 100% Synthetic. Nothing but sweetness since then!
I loosened the upper bolt, and there is a grommet on the passenger side forward on the trans tunnel that comes out, and its almost a straight shot down to the fill hole. I had a buddy under the car to direct the hose, I put a 2 foot long piece of standard hose on the Royal Purple bottle, and just gently squeeze it in the trans. I didn’t lose a drop.
Hope this helps.
-Scott