Guys, I have searched and searched and searched... if one of you could please give me a link to the thread or explain changing our tranny fluid I would really appreciate it... sorry to take up space... I just got the fluid from the dealership... now I need to know what to do. TIA

Adam

If you have a manual transmission you never have to change the fluid.

ummmm... what? yeah... there are people talking about it all over this bored... you're telling me it doesn't have to happen? huh?

adam

>If you have a manual transmission you never have to change
>the fluid.

Yeah but try to taking your broken tranny back to mitsu, they look at the records and say "well it shows you didnt change your transmission fluid, warranty VOID!!"

exactly... back to the point at hand... how do I do this?

adam

It's pretty simple. Go to Satan get the manual transmission fluid (not gear oil), get a funnel with a long extension hose. Jack up car, pull drivers side tire off. To the right of the axle is a plastic plug, pull it out. Then loosen the drain bolt, it is on the very bottom of the tranny, towards the motor (if i remember correctly). Let it drain, then put the drain bolt back in. Then put 2.3 quarts in, or until it overflows. Put everything back together and drive and check for leaks. I changed mine because i was having problems shifting. After i did, no more problems...

i got mine changed this week actually... i bought BG synchroshift from www.machv.com awhile back, and never got around to it durin my 60k maintenance..

stopped by jiffylube about a week ago, and rapped w/the old guy who was changin oil... asked if he'd take care of me, and he did...

20 bux later, and about 10 minutes of bullshitten got me hookd up...

i wudda done it myself, but i prolly saved a cuple hours by havin them do it for me...

good luck...

ummm... Satan gave me 75W-90 gear lube... is this not what I need?

Adam

This is off the label, Manual Transmission Fluid for the NV-T350 transaxle. I paid about $14 a quart...

yeah your suppose to change it after 60k, ATF you have to change pretty frequently but manual tranny is 60k. If you noticed that your tranny is shifting like crap and has the crunchy shifter syndrome then you should change the fluid or top it off. Changed mine to BG syncroshift around 60k and noticed a much bigger difference in shifting, shifters getting a little crunchy now though so I gotta top it off I think. If possible try to the car the most level when you change the fluid. because if the car is tilted or something the fluid will spill out of the filler hole but you can get more fluid in there if the car is level. I've noticed that because when I open the filler and it's been filled on a lift the fluid just blasts out O_o

How do i change the automatic transmission fluid?

Originally posted by Soopa
How do i change the automatic transmission fluid?

When you do the auto you replace your tranny filter at the same time.
First jack it up and get it on stands then get a large drain pan. Place pan under tranny and remove the tranny pan (make sure you have the filter kit that includes the gasket before you do this).
Then allow all the fluid to dump into the large drain pan the easy way to do this is to remove all the perimiter bolts and leave the ones closest to the corners on either end. Then loosen those 4 all about half way out and free up the pan then remove the 2 from the end you want to drop and dump from. Then remove the other 2 and dump what's still in the pan.
Once you get the pan down remove the old filter located inside there, and reinstall your new one. Next you can clean up your tranny pan with some solvent and remove any gasket material from the pan's flange and from the transmission flange.
You don't have to but if you want to (depending mostly on the material of the replacement pan gasket) use RTV to help hold the gasket to the pan during installation and seal it afterwards.torque the pan bolts back to specification (DO NOT over tighten it will damage the gasket).
Set the car back down and use a funnel to add your ATF through the transmission Dipstick Tube. Add til you have it onto the dipstick then start the car and check and add as you would normally.
Once your tranny is full take it for a drive around the block and then check the level again. Top off as needed. then go drink a beer.


-Kevin