Date:         Sat, 8 Mar 2008 20:58:24 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: 85 Vanagon - manual trans. fluid change
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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Thats exactly what did ... cut a piece off a regular 17mm Allen ... but
I usually drive it with a "Gear wrench".  Nice and small, gets into
tight spaces, and the gear wrench allows ratcheting.

I keep saying I'm going to paint the 1" cut off piece international
orange or some such as it's easy to overlook it.

Mike



Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
> There's a better one than that, smaller and stronger.
> You get a big ole 17mm allen wrench and cut an inch off it.
> That fits in a tight space - you just put a 17 mm box wrench over it,
> It can take a 100 ft lbs of torque if that's what you need getting the
> filler plug out, lol, and takes up no room in your tool box.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> John Rodgers
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 5:14 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 85 Vanagon - manual trans. fluid change
>
> 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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