First of all, depending on the climate where you live, you might consider Redline MT90...that's what Redline recommended for me for PA weather. Regarding the filling process, the pump is a good idea. I used a Sta-Lube pump, but I'm sure any with a decent length hose will do. The one I used had barbs so it would stay in the fill hole. Heed the previously posted warning about removing the fill plug before you realize it's impossible to move. The Bus Depot sells the 17mm allen tool to remove the drain and fill plugs if you don't already have a method to get them out. The job is not so bad. I drained and refilled in a matter of an hour, even allowing for drip time. BTW, I found that MT90 did not require heating before filling. It's pretty liquidy stuff to begin with, but then again I did the fill job in the summer. Looks like cough syrup and fortunately does NOT smell like hypoid GL4 gear oil (yuck!). -Karl > hello out there, > after the lengthy conversation of synthetics, i decided to replace my > tranny fluid with redline mtl. this will be my weekend fun. so, is there > any tricks? im envisioning a trick with filling the tranny or is this a > straightfoward job? are there any special ways to get the fluid from the > bottle into the hole without making a terrible mess and wasting valuable > fluid? sorry if this has been repeated before but i am new to the list and > i havent a clue how to access the archives. hugo @ slc, utah >
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