- 1. [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: "Stuart Thompson" <stuartt@tlthompson.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:35:10 -0600
- Fellow List Mates: This past Saturday I was driving home from my favorite mechanic after just having had a new master cylinder installed. All seemed well until I get ready to enter the freeway. Sudde
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- 2. Re: [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin McNelis" <kmcnelis@nmsu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:38:54 -0700
- Vice-grips and a cheater bar will get the plug out. Ya' might want a new one on hand first, though... Kevin Fellow List Mates: This past Saturday I was driving home from my favorite mechanic after ju
- /html/6pack/2009-11/msg00014.html (8,520 bytes)
- 3. Re: [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:47:36 -0800
- I was forced to use Kevin's solution on my tranny as well. I replaced the drain plug with a hardware store hex socket pipe plug, 3/8" NPT as I recall. Always easy to get it out after that. I also us
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- 4. Re: [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: TR6UO@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:04:07 EST
- Good to know about NPT vs. BPT, thanks. But getting back to Stuart's actual question, I have to ask, if it was only the transmission fluid, why did he only hear the noise in one gear? And while I'm
- /html/6pack/2009-11/msg00016.html (7,002 bytes)
- 5. Re: [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: "Stuart Thompson" <stuartt@tlthompson.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:32:31 -0600
- This forum is great & very much appreciated. I always get good sound advice. I went to my local Sears today and bought some new tools. I will attempt to remove the plug this evening. I'll go ahead an
- /html/6pack/2009-11/msg00017.html (8,112 bytes)
- 6. Re: [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Liam Gannon" <trsix74@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:49:31 -0500
- You fill the transmission until it pours back out of the fill hole. In absence of a car lift, basically you need to jack up the car and put jack stands at all four points , making sure the car is lev
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- 7. Re: [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: acekraut11@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:06:54 -0500
- It probably isnt "only" the transmission fluid but the easiest way to check for little bits of metal that come from funny noises in the transmission are to drain the fluid and inspect what is left on
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- 8. Re: [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@charter.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:42:06 -0500
- Remove the fill plug first. This way you are assured that you can get fluid back in before you let it all out. Jeff Scarbrough 75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5 http://www.fishplate
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- 9. Re: [6pack] Something New (74 TR6) (score: 1)
- Author: "Stuart Thompson" <stuartt@tlthompson.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:13:20 -0600
- Thank you to all who responded to my noisy 3rd gear problem. I removed the fill plug and added fluid. I took it for a short test drive and the noisy gear is once again smooth and quiet. How easy was
- /html/6pack/2009-11/msg00037.html (8,023 bytes)
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