Filling Up Transmission
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Filling Up Transmission
I was going to replace the fluid in my manual transmission / 5-speed today but before I drained it I noticed the quart doesn't fit to the filler neck enough to be able to put fluid into it. What is everyone's method in putting fluid into the trans?
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i try to find a bottle with a pointy end, cut the end off, and then just cram the bottle in there (it folds in half), i bend and smash the bottle. you get 1/2 to 3/4 of the quart in there, so you have to do this twice, but its much better than using those stupid pumps
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I used some clear line that was just lying in the garage for no reason, but I'm sure a few feet of fuel/vac hose would do the same. Basically I got the pointed tip bottle and fit one end of the hose onto the tip, other end of the hose into the transmission, and a drip pan under the tranny so when you hear it hit you know you're full.
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I used some clear line that was just lying in the garage for no reason, but I'm sure a few feet of fuel/vac hose would do the same. Basically I got the pointed tip bottle and fit one end of the hose onto the tip, other end of the hose into the transmission, and a drip pan under the tranny so when you hear it hit you know you're full.
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I got an air hose that was junk, cut it to length, stuck one end into into my filler, pulled the other end to the engine bay and out to fill it up, thanks for the advice though, I'll keep the hose for future uses lol
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Best trick I saw was to punch a hole in the cap of the fluid bottle and push a small palstic hose to the bottom. This will feed oil.
Then make a small hole in the top on the side and use your air compressor with a fitting to blow the fluid out the top hose.
This is my plan!
Then make a small hole in the top on the side and use your air compressor with a fitting to blow the fluid out the top hose.
This is my plan!
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I used this.
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before I used this:
Now the 1st one is faster..Suck up fluid out of the gallon jug,hope under car..squirt..Repeat until full and oil oozes out of filler plug location..done!
the other one, you have to worry about the hose falling off,and you have to push on the pump slow....BUT it does have enough hose to fish the hose down from the engine bay to the trans filler location.
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before I used this:
Now the 1st one is faster..Suck up fluid out of the gallon jug,hope under car..squirt..Repeat until full and oil oozes out of filler plug location..done!
the other one, you have to worry about the hose falling off,and you have to push on the pump slow....BUT it does have enough hose to fish the hose down from the engine bay to the trans filler location.
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Best trick I saw was to punch a hole in the cap of the fluid bottle and push a small palstic hose to the bottom. This will feed oil.
Then make a small hole in the top on the side and use your air compressor with a fitting to blow the fluid out the top hose.
This is my plan!
Then make a small hole in the top on the side and use your air compressor with a fitting to blow the fluid out the top hose.
This is my plan!
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