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Re: transmission oil

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Subject: Re: transmission oil
From: "JEFFREY FETNER" <FETNERJ001@hawaii.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 18:01:46 +0600
Michael,
    I cut a hole in the transmission cover opposite the fill plug - 3", same
size as the one for the driveshaft U-jount grease access.  I can get to it
while the car is on its wheels.

Jeff
'74 CF13816U

@aol.com at SamuelsMA@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Listers:
> >
> > I read in my shop manual that I should top off the transmission oil
every
> > 6000 miles.  It describes doing so with the car on a flat surface.
What,
> > exactly, is the procedure for doing this?  I see the fill plug, but once
I
> > take the
> > car down from the ramps I'm not sure how I'm going to get to it.  Do I
need to
> > have the car on a lift or on 4 jackstands to do this?  Also, how exactly
do
> > you add oil to the filler hole?  It doesn't look like you could just
pour it
> > in
> > the way you add oil to the top of the motor if it needs some.  The
filler hole
> > is in a tight place along the side of the transmission.
> >
> > Advice needed!  Thanks as always.
> >
> > Michael Samuels
> > '70 TR6 PI CP 51797 LP
> > Miami Beach, FL

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