[Shotimes] filling MTX

[Zach Leahy]

You may be able to pry the cap off th breather and fill it through there as
well.
 Z

 On 11/1/05, Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Mike
> Mine is buggered up too. I'm replacing it with a 1/2"
> NPT brass pipe plug with a box end on it. I'd use a
> hex but there isn't room for one there.
>
> I suppose the tranny could be filled via the speedo
> hole. The trans takes 3.1 qts so that's how you'd know
> when to stop pouring.
>
> Next time just flip the car upside down and fill from
> the drain hole. =)
>
> Ian
>
> --- Mike Wojton <mwojton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks all. I thought that was right. It's actually
> > at the shop now because
> > I couldn't get the fill plug out, but already
> > drained the old fluid. Pretty
> > unsmart on my part I think. I couldn't budge the
> > dang thing. In fact I
> > buggered up the plug a little bit trying so I hope
> > they can get it out. They
> > said if they can't sometimes you can fill them
> > through the speedometer cable
> > hole. Only trouble is you can't tell where the level
> > is then. Does that
> > sound doable on our MTX? I've never paid attention
> > to where the speedo cable
> > goes in.
> > This is why I hate working on my car. Nothing ever
> > goes right. : (
> > --
> > Mike Wojton
> > Dover, PA
> >
> > -'95 White MTX
> > '96 Brake Upgrade
> > Eibachs (front)
> > Dynomax catback
> >
> > "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
> >
> >
> > On 11/1/05, Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I was told that if the fluid was cool, you should
> > be able to just touch
> > > the fluid with your pinky stuck in the fill hole.
> > That way when it
> > > heats up it is at the bottom of the hole where it
> > is supposed to be.
> > >
> > > But really, fill till about to run out of the hole
> > (car level) and let
> > > it be.
> > >
> > > Don Mallinson
> > >
> > > Mike Wojton wrote:
> > >
> > > >What's the correct place to fill an MTX to, so
> > it's just starting to leak
> > > >out of the fill hole, or to some point below the
> > fill hole?
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Mike Wojton
> > > >Dover, PA
> > > >
> > > >-'95 White MTX
> > > >'96 Brake Upgrade
> > > >Eibachs (front)
> > > >Dynomax catback
> > > >
> > > >"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
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