the way I did it was easy too---My hose pump was flush with the sides of the tranny fill hole, so I unwittingly was pumping the oil in above the hole. When I removed the pump end, oil started coming out, but I quickly screwed in the stopper to block it. -wes Hopefully nobody goes under there car on a steeply sloped driveway...
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, David Brodbeck wrote: > Matthew wrote: > > HOW do you overfill ABOVE the hole (assuming the tranny is in the bus > > and not sitting sideways on your workbench). > > It's easy if the van isn't sitting level. Like if you're on a steeply > sloped driveway, or you've run the front up on ramps. > > -- > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE > '82 Diesel Westfalia > '94 Honda Civic Si > |
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