how to get transmission installed
02-13-2006, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by spiney360' post='801497' date='Feb 13 2006, 03:23 PM
just fill the trany threw the shifter..
Incorrect Info. The shifter housing is a seperate housing. The shifter rod exits the housing thru a bushing and then into the transmission case. YOU CANNOT FILL THE TRANNY THRU THE SHIFTER HOUSING!
02-13-2006, 07:43 PM
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Yup, can't fill it through the shifter, Just use a funnel and a hose that fits in the filler hole, it can be a one man job, just run the hose through the drivers side of the engin bay and hang the funnel off the hood using a coat hanger. Works good if you warm the fluid up a litte too.
02-13-2006, 11:27 PM
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Yeah, below 30 F, so the fluid did not want to move. I used a hand pump with the rubber bulb, but once compressed it did not want to expand again with the cold and the oil and such. I eventually found a Mug Root Beer bottle, drilled a hole in the top for the long hose, and a hole in the side for the air fitting. I set the compressor at about 18 psi, and the oil flowed in. I didn't think of this idea, but I did have to figure out how to use several air fittings to make it work right.
02-15-2006, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by teknics' post='802003' date='Feb 15 2006, 04:19 PM
or get the pump tool made for the job, its like $5-$10 and will save you form being macgvyer next time, its a handy tool. some handy bottles come with it already attached.
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02-15-2006, 03:38 PM
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02-15-2006, 07:21 PM
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Ahh, that looks nice. I didn't see anything like that at Pep Boys or Advance Auto Parts.
I was also thinking of getting a large diameter pvc pipe and drilling/tapping a hole for an air fitting, and sealing a tube with a barb fitting all in the top, so I could use the air compressor to push fluid in.
I was also thinking of getting a large diameter pvc pipe and drilling/tapping a hole for an air fitting, and sealing a tube with a barb fitting all in the top, so I could use the air compressor to push fluid in.
02-15-2006, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Baldy' post='801637' date='Feb 14 2006, 12:27 AM
I eventually found a Mug Root Beer bottle,
how about a pepsi bottle?
or a sprite bottle?
think they would give the same results?