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Re: Tranny filling

To: Michael Graziano <mgrazian@ltcm.com>
Subject: Re: Tranny filling
From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:19:50 -0400
I have a small funnel with heater hose attached , I fill it from the Engine
Compt. Workes fine , slow, but fine. Carl E.forgot at the tranny end  I have
aplastic fitting that fits into the hole, also fits the rear,cut it off
something a plastic bottle or chepo funnel.

Michael Graziano wrote:

> When I did it,  I actually used a 20cc syringe and some twist on tubing.
> Same method as John.  Pull from bottle, push in tranny.  Slow but effective.
> Not too messy, either.  I use the same method for filling the ZS dashpot.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Steczkowski [mailto:stecz@Crossroads.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 9:55 AM
> To: 'Mike Venables'; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE:
>
> I just changed my fluid and I used a hand pump. It looks like a giant
> syringe. You suck the fluid out of the bottle and then pump into into the
> tranny, it was a little messy, but not too bad.
>
> ----
> John Steczkowski
> Director of Software Engineering
> Crossroads Systems, Inc.
> 512-794-2742
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Venables [mailto:mikevenables@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 6:34 AM
> > To: mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject:
> >
> >
> > Bill with the tired hands wrote...
> >
> >       <<<So, does anyone have a really simple design for a device
> > for refilling the transmission? >>>
> >
> >
> > Here's an idea which might work.  Get a longish, fexible tube, put
> > one end in the filler hole, the other into a funnel.  Hold the funnel
> > next to the car and lift the funnel higher than the filler hole and
> > pour in the oil.  It should run into the 'box but probably very
> > slowly.
> >
> > Must say, I've never tried it (I've got a '73 B) but the theory
> > sounds okay.
> >
> > Regards
> > Mike.
> >


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