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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 02:12 AM
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pouring tranny fluid

thru the shifter, is it ok? i changed my clutch and am putting in some new ones, i have the pump butu it doesnt fit the container my tranny fluid is in and i searched, couldnt find anything, but can i? and jus stop pouring wen fluid starts coming out of the fill hole? thanks
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 04:41 AM
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The shifter base and the transmission case are not connected. Both have to have their own resevoirs of fluid. I had a similar problem with my fluid pump; I resolved the problem by finding another bottle (brake fluid bottles work well).
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 04:58 AM
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Depending on how the pump works, it might not need to seal with the bottle. You could use some duct tape if you find that it does need to seal.

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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:16 AM
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If you don't have a pump, you can use a long clear tube and run it up into the engine bay (following the clutch line). Then you can use gravity to fill the tranny. It will take a bit, but it will be easy on the body.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:27 AM
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buy a pump. they are cheap and make filling the tranny a 10 minute job vs. an hour long ordeal.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 12:12 PM
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thanks

i do have a pump, it jus doesnt hook up to the redline bottle like the regular tranny oil containers

i guess imma give Mahjiks method a try

thanks for the replies
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 12:18 PM
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I believe the transmission housing takes 2 quarts. Just use 2 bottles and you should be good to go.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 09:34 PM
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an impeller and 3 feet of hose from home depot cost like 8 bucks. with a variable speed drill it takes 2 sec to do the job. and you just "made" youself a tool
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by chillin_rx7_guy
I believe the transmission housing takes 2 quarts. Just use 2 bottles and you should be good to go.
Actually, it takes ~2.6quarts.
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 01:30 AM
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What you could do instead of running 3 ft. of tubing is to open up your shifter boot and rubber boot and then have access to your tranny from inside your cockpit. From there, you can run your tubing into the transmissiong housing with less tubing. That way it'll be faster to fill it up. I should have done that before.
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 01:36 AM
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thanks for the replies guys, got done changing the tranny and diff a lil while ago
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by chillin_rx7_guy
What you could do instead of running 3 ft. of tubing is to open up your shifter boot and rubber boot and then have access to your tranny from inside your cockpit. From there, you can run your tubing into the transmissiong housing with less tubing. That way it'll be faster to fill it up. I should have done that before.

you are brave bringing an open container of gear oil inside the car. that stuff smells for days
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by mad_7tist
you are brave bringing an open container of gear oil inside the car. that stuff smells for days
Exactly. That and if it spills, I know I don't want that stuff inside my cockpit.
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mad_7tist
you are brave bringing an open container of gear oil inside the car. that stuff smells for days
I just put the tubing inside the oil bottle and then use duct tape to seal it. Once it gets to a certain level, I punch holes in the bottom of the oil bottle so that it can release it faster. Works like a charm!
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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lol great idea but i went and got a pump at kragen lol

hey can i ask u guys another ?

jus got my wastegate ported but i searched and it said 1.24 which is wat i told them but they only did it to 1.15, not sure how much different that was but is that still OK with 14-15psi? they did it to 1.15 cause i had 2 cracks which werent really big but i'm not the experts
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
If you don't have a pump, you can use a long clear tube and run it up into the engine bay (following the clutch line). Then you can use gravity to fill the tranny. It will take a bit, but it will be easy on the body.
Man I wish I had thought of that. Would have save much time under the car with a make shift hose hooked to the tranny fluid bottle. Lots of squeezing and refilling. What a PITA.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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a simple pump and a line is all i needed. I changed the trans fluid faster than i changed the oil.
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