I'm changing oil tomorrow. How much do I need to get into the tranny?

 

I think I used 2 and a half bottles.

 

That sounds about right...the service manual calls for 2 quarts, but I used about 2 1/2 as well.

 

I used 2.5 quarts of MT 90 In my Tranny for my 88 GXL and 1.5 quarts of 75W 90 In my Differential. Both ofcourse with REDLINE.

 

How hard is it to change the differential oil?

 

Don't remove drain plugs without pulling fill plugs first.
Both the transmission/rearend are easy if you have common sense and some mechanical know how. Its no different than changing the engine oil.

If you want pictures, the procedure is in the FSM. Just download the front/rear axle and mantrans chapters.

 

Anyone notice that www.redlineoil.com has been down for two days? What's up with that? Are they upgrading their site or going out of business??

- Rev

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by deadRX7Conv
[B]Don't remove drain plugs without pulling fill plugs first.


Why Is that? Either way both plugs have to be removed.

 

Surprised to see that question from someone up north. Aluminum and road salt mix extremely well.

Because there are situations where the fill plugs have been overtightened/stripped/jbwelded/ and you still want the ability to drive your car.

If you can't FILL the trans/rearend, DON'T DRAIN it.

 

if your car is a TII and 1989 or newer it requires 2.5 US qarts... therefore u need 3 bottles of 1 quart MT90.

I somehow managed to put in 3 bottles though.
no clue why... just undo all the fill plugs... then the 2 drain plugs...

put drain plug back in... leave 2 filler plugs out... get a small hand pump... and put tranny fluid in starting from front... and until u see it come out of the back.

see if u can use 4 jackstands so it keeps the car level.

btw diff oil makes me want to puke... the stupid is one of hte most disgusting things i've ever smelled before.

 

wish I had thought about that before I drained the fluids in my accord... lol....