Tranny fluid

[bruce95fmla]

With the 2nd gens.
You fill the tranny from the front bolt.. The way that you check to see that there is enough fluid in the tranny is by dipping your finger in the hole. If you can feal the fluid then it is full.
You can't visually inspect it because there is no room.
I filled my tranny with regular Castrol Tranny fluid..
works great, shifter feals great and it didn't cost much..

Boriqua if you are in the city we can hook up and I will help you change the fluid if you want..
Bruce

[Boricua]

Bruce,
I may take you up on that offer, but i'll probably just wait for the spring cuz its mad brick. And besides, the next time i go back to the city will be thanksgiving, and by then it'll probably be even colder.

[JeffWeimer]

I've a '95 ES with 1.8 and the "G" transmission, and the drain was located on the bottom driver's side, 23 millimeter socket. The fill was about 8-10 inches away, and on the drivers side facing forward. Real easy to get at with a wrench. the bolts held pretty hard, but broke away abrubtly. Be careful, I cut my finger when the wrench moved suddenly. Both the drain and the fill are the same size and look alike. I'd recommend cracking the fill before the drain in order to let the fluid (75W-90 GL-5 as per the owner's manual) drain more easily.

Filling is a little difficult, but I have a funnel with a 2 foot piece of plastic tubing attached(old beer bong!), made the job a lot easier, just snake the tube down by the battery and stick it in the fill hole. The transmission takes ~2.8 quarts, when it starts to come out the fill hole, you're done. Just tighten back up and drive off.

Great that we don't have to remove the speedo cable.

[Boricua]

its been a while and i still haven't done the tranny fluid, but now i must since its starting to feel like ass. i'm still having trouble understanding where exactly the fill hole is though. is it underneath the car as well, or is it somewhere in the engine bay like other cars. sorry for the lack of knowledge here but this will be the first time i'm attempting this myself. any guidance would be great. thanks.

[Boricua]

i think i figured out what you guys were talking about, if the fill hole is towards the front of the drain hole. i'm gonna get to work on it soon.