Date:         Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:17:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: trans fluid
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I bought a regular 17mm Allen wrench then cut a small piece off of it
which I drive with a "Gear Wrench".  It works great and gets into tight
spaces easily.

Mike



azsun99 wrote:
> You can buy the 17mm socket from list vendors or local FLAPS for around 5 bucks.
> Jerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:11 AM
> Subject: Re: trans fluid
>
>
>>> Also, how much is needed?<
>>> I think for a 4 speed MT tranny you'll need to buy 4 quarts. It says either 3.2
>> or 3.4 in Bentley, I don't recall which (but it also depends on how much you get
>> out initially). I did this a few months ago and it helps a TON to buy one of
>> those little trans-fill pumps for $7 that sit inside the container and allows
>> you to pump it in through a tube....oh...looks like you have the tranny out -
>> even easier, just dump it in, sorry for not reading thoroughly.<
>>
>> You will need 4 quarts, although you won't use too much out of the 4th quart. I
> can't see how you'd do it without the pump adaptor (as expensive as MT-90 is, I didn't
> want it all over the driveway) . I bought the 17mm fill plug wrench from NAPA, found
> it too big to get in there to remove either the drain plug or the fill plug, had to
> cut about 1 inch off of it and put that in a 17mm box end wrench and it worked like a
> champ. Another bit of advice I had gotten-make damn sure you can get the fill plug out
> before removing the drain plug. Bentley does mention a lower fill level, something
> about hard shifting if filled all the way to the edge. I used the MT-90, and my trans
> shifts very smoothly now, well worth the money, IMHO.     Jeff
>