Date:         Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:55:07 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2 questions/tranny lube
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... and, hope you don't mind my buttinski here: jack the car up on the r/r
side. It will just give you more "elbow-room" to get into a
very-difficult-to-get-into space. But, it won't make the lube flow faster.
That "warm the lube up" is an excellent idea. Put the lube in a sturdy
plastic container that will fit in the microwave and heat it up. Also, be
sure your joint between the funnel and hose is secure. Duct tape, while the
two are real clean, works well.
Bob Stevens

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>
> Because of the location of the fill plug, you won't be able to pour the
> fluid in from the bottle, so you'll need a pump or some other means to get
> the fluid in there.  I used a length of vinyl tubing routed up through the
> wheel well to a funnel.  I hung the funnel from the air vent with some
> bailing wire. It took a long time to get the fluid to flow through all
> that tubing into the transmission, especially since I forgot to snip out
> the wire strainer in the funnel.  (Consistancy of honey, remember?)  It'd
> probably help to warm the bottles of new fluid in a warm water bath first.
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Diesel Westfalia
> '94 Honda Civic Si
>