[Shotimes] filling MTX

[Mike Wojton]

The shop managed to get the plug out with some heat. I figured that was all
that was needed. Well, that and a little more swearing than I could do with
my daughter there trying to "help" me. It shifts better already with some
Redline in it. The stuff I drained out was black and nasty. Yuk.
  --
Mike Wojton
Dover, PA

-'95 White MTX
'96 Brake Upgrade
Eibachs (front)
Dynomax catback

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan


 On 11/1/05, Zach Leahy <leahyz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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