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Date:         Tue, 12 May 1998 08:55:11 -0400
Reply-To:     thetrans <thetrans@INAME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         thetrans <thetrans@INAME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Syncro manual transmission oil fill point
Comments: To: Modl6971 <Modl6971@AOL.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
In-Reply-To:  <8b285af9.3557ec3e@aol.com>
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Thanks Mon!

From where I was crawling around last night I didn't "discover" the drain plug until like 11:00 PM!! I gotta get me some ramps or something to get this bugger up higher!! (What does everyone else use who isn't lucky enough to have a hydraulic lift??).

Damn such a logical spot for the drain plug {grin}.

Thanks, and feeling like a mechanical newbie (though it has been years since I got mechanically intimate with a vehicle!!).

At 02:29 AM 5/12/98 -0400, Modl6971 wrote: >In a message dated 98-05-11 20:11:09 EDT, thetrans@iname.com writes: > ><< found what I believe to be the drain/or fill hole near the shift > selector. Its an inverted nut thingee that I need a like 17mm bolt socket > to remove, right? I know I ain't gots no allen wrench that big [grin]! > > Is that bolt what I'd use to both drain the manual transmission AND fill > it? For drain, it seems high, and for fill it seems low. Either way its a > bitch to get to!! > > The Bentley's has a decent man transmission diagaram but is weak on > poiunting out the plugs. I've only found one for the manual, making me > think that one bolt is for both fill and drain. > > Also looks like I have an oil leak near the oil pump somewhere. Its making > my rear skid plate wet with oil. Tough to see where exactly but thats what > it looks like. > > Thanks for your help! > > Bill > > "Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you > look at it right" > > Hunter/Garcia >> > > Ok Hunter, your rear trans has a drain hole and a fill hole. The one that's >by the shift selector is your fill hole, the one on the bottom of the trans is >the drain hole. Drain the fluid, put the drain plug back on (requires a 17mm >allen wrech), fill the trans with some good synthectic gear oil, fill until it >runs out, put the drain plug back on. The same service is required for the >front differential also, same layout, one drain hole on the bottom, and one >fill hole on the side, fill until it runs out. Hope this helps, Michael M. 87 >syncro. >

"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right"

Hunter/Garcia


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