or about 9/16" below the plug hole! Don't put in too much!!! or it will leak out of the final drive seals... hmm, how do i know that ;-) -Matthew 84 weekender > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Last [SMTP:Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 12:57 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Manual Transmission fluid fill > > 3.2 Qt according to Bentley p. 34.1a > > Todd > '88 Westy > > Lee Schelin wrote: > > > 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 |
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