Date:         Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:30:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Lee Schelin <lschelin@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Lee Schelin <lschelin@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Manual Transmission fluid fill
Comments: To: Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
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Getting ready to change the transaxle over to RedLine, what's the capacity?

Lee...
86 Vanagon GL



Todd Last wrote:

> I used a suction pump (something that looks a little like a grease gun)
> to fill my tranny. I kept adding fluid until it ran out of the fill
> hole. Adding a plastic hose on the end of the suction pump seemed to do
> the trick, and I even got to the point where I could snake the hose via
> the right rear wheel-well to the fill hole in the tranny (so I did not
> have to keep crawling under the van)
>
> Todd
> '88 westy
>
> George Chapman wrote:
>
> > Hi, Volks;
> >
> > I'm preparing to change the gear oil in my 91GL transaxle.
> > Is there a gravity fill method for refilling the transaxle
> > (while its in the car)?  It seems the fill hole is somewhat
> > encumbered by the shift mechanism on the side of the
> > transmission.     Or is this a pressure (pump) fill task?
> >
> > Insight, tricks, don't do's welcome.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - - George Chapman, 91 GL
> >     Lake Almanor, CA