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Posted by John (91 SE 5-spd) on July 20, 2002 at 22:44:38:
In Reply to: Auto Maintenance for Retards, Episode 3. Maybe 4? my tranny oil is changed! posted by mentat on July 20, 2002 at 19:58:42:
I just hope you pulled the "real" fill plug to ensure you didn't overfill it. : 2. the old fluid STIIIIIIIIIIIIINKS! i dont know if its just me or what, but it really was a nauseating smell, the gross-out factor reinforced by #3... I think that the new fluid stinks too. Hypoid gear oil is pretty nasty stuff. : 4. what the hell kind of socket/wrench/whatever is supposed to be used to loosen and remove the filler plug? its just this like 1/2" square hole, maybe a little bigger... i ended up using on of my dads larger ratchets without a socket on it, worked out fine. but i'm curious as to what the proper tool is for that one. Exactly the right tool, a 1/2 inch socket driver. Good work.
: 1. dont use a tiny half inch plastic tube to do the filling. i sat there squeezing that first quart for damn near 20 minutes before it was it. then i immediately went back to the hardware store and got a 3/4" ID tube. also cut the nozzle on the bottle back wider... muuuuuch faster flow, and i wasn't sopping up all the oil that squirted everywhere when the small tube kept popping the f&$k off the damn bottle.
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: all in all, it ended up taking me a few hours (pros' chuckling turns to guffaws) but that was mainly due to using the smaller tubing and the assorted nightmares that provided me with. it would take me 30 minutes tops were i to do it again. i didnt even close any foreign objects under the hood this time. go me.