easiest way to fill manual tranny
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you could try a 2 liter bottle with a piece of hose and some tape to seal the hose to the bottle. then squeeze. or make a hole and stick some compressed air in there to squeeze for you .
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Gravity!
I usually feed a hose down from the top of the engine compartment, then put it in the fill hole. Attach your hose to the oil jug (mine have the little spout). I then hang the jug by some bundle wire and punch a hole in the bottom. Gravity does the rest.
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This may be a little beyond the desires of most, but I built a system to do this for me. I put a screw-on end-cap on a piece of PVC piping, and then a solid end-cap on the other end. At the bottom, I tapped a hose fitting, and then at the top (screw-cap end), I tapped a line for my air compressor.
To fill the tranny, I add 3 quarts of oil in the screw-end, screw the cap on, take a plastic hose from the lower fitting to the tranny filler, and then flip on the air compressor. Tranny fills pretty quick, with no effort.
On a side note, gear lube is a LOT easier to handle after popping it in the microwave for 10 seconds.
To fill the tranny, I add 3 quarts of oil in the screw-end, screw the cap on, take a plastic hose from the lower fitting to the tranny filler, and then flip on the air compressor. Tranny fills pretty quick, with no effort.
On a side note, gear lube is a LOT easier to handle after popping it in the microwave for 10 seconds.
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i just ran a hose from the fill hole up through my engine compartment to a funnel, then poured the fluid into the funnel and it went down the hose into the tranny !
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I saw this on a site....a guy took the bottle it comes in and drilled a hole through the top and stuck a hose (and glued it) long enough to touch the bottom then at the top just before the neck, he drilled a hole large enough for a air compressor nozzle could fit in it...then he plugged in the comp...and begin pumping it into the tranny....just a caution dont go above 20-25 psi....the bottle will explode...leaving a mess...(to whom ever this idea belongs to....just state ur name...i saw it on a website forgetting whose it was)
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That is aaron cake's website
http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/transfluid.htm
http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/transfluid.htm
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...94% correct.
I once got a bunch of gear lube in my hair...then I went around and like headbutted four people before someone finally held me down and took the water hose to me...
Aww damnit...I got oil in my hair...hey John!*bonk...
Aww damnit...I got oil in my hair...hey John!*bonk...
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well the way I have it set now, is I took a small hose and cut some of the tip off the bottle. I fed all but a little part of the hose THROUGH the tip and did something similar to rex4life does. I took a metal coat hanger and wrapped it around so that it hold the bottle up and punched a hole in the bottom. the oil moves slow but hey its movin. now I just gotta figure out how to do the same with the rear diff.
BTW Gabe, not too much dude. sucks being out in tx wish I back over with y'all. I may be takin a trip out that way sometime in the near future.
BTW Gabe, not too much dude. sucks being out in tx wish I back over with y'all. I may be takin a trip out that way sometime in the near future.
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last time i pulled my tranny i forgot to drain the oil first, and got a couple quarts of oil on my garage floor, and my cat somehow got out in the garage, and decided it would be a good idea to roll around in the tranny fluid. needless to say, its a BITCH to give a cat 6 baths in 2 days. now i know how all those people felt washing those ducks and **** from the exxon valdez.
as for the tranny filling, i use the original tranny fluid bottles, run a hose from the tranny up through the shift box, and attach it to the nozzle on the bottle, turn the bottle upside down, and poke a hole in the bottle. gravity is great.
-Daniel
-Daniel
as for the tranny filling, i use the original tranny fluid bottles, run a hose from the tranny up through the shift box, and attach it to the nozzle on the bottle, turn the bottle upside down, and poke a hole in the bottle. gravity is great.
-Daniel
-Daniel
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Originally posted by cloead
i just ran a hose from the fill hole up through my engine compartment to a funnel, then poured the fluid into the funnel and it went down the hose into the tranny !
i just ran a hose from the fill hole up through my engine compartment to a funnel, then poured the fluid into the funnel and it went down the hose into the tranny !
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Hi,
I'm bringing this thread back from the dead.. I recently installed a TurboII tranny and Diff in my Miata and I'm about ready for the fluids. The TurbII tranny looks to have 2 fill holes or square plug fittings on the side. Is there 2 chambers to fill or just one?
How many liters does this tranny hold?
Also, how many liters does the Diff hold? 1 - 1.5?
Thanks, Marc
I'm bringing this thread back from the dead.. I recently installed a TurboII tranny and Diff in my Miata and I'm about ready for the fluids. The TurbII tranny looks to have 2 fill holes or square plug fittings on the side. Is there 2 chambers to fill or just one?
How many liters does this tranny hold?
Also, how many liters does the Diff hold? 1 - 1.5?
Thanks, Marc
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The top hole is the fill plug, the lower hole is the overfill plug. The tranny and diff system hold abut 4 liters together(2.5 in the tranny, 1.4 in the diff) I think. I just buy 5 quarts and fill to overflow.
Steve
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Use the hose technique but stick a small funnel on the upper end and pour the oil in. Thats all you really need. The hose I used was from a washing machine so it flowed pretty fast, but I think a length of garden hose would work too.
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