Date:         Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:13:58 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: 85 Vanagon - manual trans. fluid change
Comments: To: AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
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All the advise thus far is good stuff.

I might add - don't fill until it runs out.  If I remember correctly,
it's fill to within 9/16 of the fill hole bottom. As a practical matter,
it should be at least that, but not much more.

If you have a hard time fitting a wrench to the plugs, you can use a
proper size (17 mm I think) bolt head as a wrench. Just jam two nuts
together on the shank of the bolt and the bolt heat then becomes an
Allen type wrench. I keep this setup in my tool box all the time. Makes
up to about 1-1/2 inches long.

Good luck.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

AAG - Larry Word wrote:
> I'm finally upgrading to Redline MT-90 transaxle fluid ($10/qtr.) and other than changing the fluid as normal, now using this Redline product, is there anything ELSE I should be aware of as I make this change?
>
> 2 qtrs. is the correct transaxle capacity for my 1985, correct?
>
> Thanks....just checking before I do this project!
>
> Larry
> Ga.
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