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Changing oil in MT and differential

Old Nov 12, 2004 | 06:24 PM
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Changing oil in MT and differential

I bought Red Line MT-90 for my tranny and 75W90 gear oil. Anything thing special I should know when changing these fluids besides to drain and refill?

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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 06:31 PM
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you need a filler / trans pump thing. im not sure what it is called but a pepboys or any auto place would have it. but u basically need that to refil the oil. good luck.
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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 01:22 AM
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magparts,

I'm in your area. Can you tell me where you got your Red Line and for how much?
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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by magparts
I bought Red Line MT-90 for my tranny and 75W90 gear oil. Anything thing special I should know when changing these fluids besides to drain and refill?
A quick search of this forum section for "fluid change" turned up a whole bunch of directly relevant threads where we've posted procedures for doing this change. Here's a good sample thread to read: Changing Transmission oil.

My recommended procedure is described in there - basically, forget those messy, fiddly pump things and just use a funnel and pour the damn fluid in! :D

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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 05:29 AM
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I will do my transmission oil change later this week and I've decided to go Gord's "no pump" method.
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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 06:10 AM
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I also did the swap using the “ no pump” method without any problems. I attached the funnel to a piece of clear ˝” plastic hose. For the trans you run the hose through the engine compartment down to the transmission. For the rear I ran the hose through the driver side rear wheel to the fill hole.
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