Date:         Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:48:34 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: More - -Manual transmission fluid fill
Comments: To: George Chapman <landmark@THEGRID.NET>
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At 15:56 6/15/99 -0700, George Chapman wrote:
>I would also report that the transmission drained out quite
>near completely with the removal of the drain plug and the
>front of the Vanagon slightly higher than the rear (on my
>sloping driveway).  I determined this through deduction, as
>I refilled the transmission with 3 quarts of MT90 and none
>overflowed the bottom of the fill hole (vehicle was
>relocated to level ground). Since capacity is 3.2 quarts the
>drain-down must have been nearly complete, no?

No, the 3.2 liters is not a complete fill.  I just filled mine after a
standard drain, and 4 quarts did not overflow the fill hole.  The reason is
there's a bloody great partition in the case which traps fluid ahead of
it.  Todd can no doubt tell us why it's a bad idea to bore a couple of
holes through that partition....

VW specified a partial (3.2 l) fill because of high shifting effort, but
the Redline oil obviates that and works fine with a complete fill.

regds
david
David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net