At 17:27 15/5/96 -0500, Erik wrote: >Okay, I'm working on my '66 Westy which hasn't been driven in 13 years. >I'm replacing the axle boots because they're crumbly and one is actually >leaking oil. I have both of the new boots and I'm wondering if I should >drain the oil completely and then refill the tranny with new oil. My >manual says to use SAE 90 hypoid oil. First of all, is this something I >can get at my FLAPS? and secondly, can I refill it myself? The engine is >out right now so I can probably get to the fill plug from above. All of >the pictures I've ever seen about this have a funky filler pipe thingy >that looks very professional (i.e. VW extra-super-duper-once-in-a-lifetime >tool #whatever). Go to your FLAPS, and purchase an oil suction gun (~$10). This tool looks sort of like a grease gun, but is made for fluids. Then you fill the gun with 80W90 hyploid oil, crawl underneath, and squirt the oil into the tranny. It should take about 6 gun's worth of fluid before the tranny is full - make sure you don't overfill it. It's much easier if you have a helper filling the gun for you (been there, done that). At least you will be able to crawl under your vehicle without too much trouble. I changed the tranny oil in my bug - reminded me of doing the limbo... Joe Helwig wannabus '64 bug
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