changing tranmission fluid in a manual

[rice]

my car, 94 7afe 5-speed, ok so after reading and reading and reading the Haynes manual on how to change gear oil, I finally spot the transmission drain plug, BUT where do I fill the oil??? i have looked and looked and looked for the that thing that Haynes told me to find but all it said was "it is located by the lower transmission transaxle house" okkkayyyyyy?? so where the heck is that, i cant find the thing.......

WHERE IS IT???????????????

and also, how much quarts will it need to fill up? thanks...

[automaton]

Hi Rice;

I don't have access to a '94 today, but since nobody has posted a reply on this yet, I'll tell you what I can . . . Look on page 1-20 of the Haynes manual for figure 19.1 (that is, if your manual is the same one I'm looking at). It's a little scrap drawing of the transmission that shows the location of the filler hole. The manual lists the capacity at 2.7 quarts. You fill it until the fluid starts dribbling out and you can feel that it's up to the bottom of the filler hole with your finger. You may need a rubber hose to fit to the bottle of fluid, or even one of those little pumps (not expensive, Autozone, etc.) if it's a really tight area around the plug.

HTH;

automaton

[rice]

hello automaton, thanks for your kind words, but that scratch drawing is exactly what i cant find, i've tried looking under the car and over the car, and cant find anything that looks like it.....

[94_Rolla_Guy]

the fill plug is in the front of the tranny the head faces the radiator, its NOT the small 10-12mm one! its a big 24mm (i think its 24mm) it looks the same as the drain plug!

[rice]

^then where is the drain plug?? cuz i thought that plug was the drain one

[Patriot]

when the shop did my tranny drain and refill, they pulled off the underbody shrowd (6-8 screws). there are 2 bolts on the trans, one way at the bottom to drain, and another one higher up on the front(opposite the rad). on my 2002 the 2 bolts are more or less inline with each other. you find one, you follow an imaginary line up/down and find the other.

It's a super easy job and im still kicing myself over paying 50 bux in labor to do that work. aww well, it was a 50 dollar lesson :-)

[94_Rolla_Guy]

the drain is under the drivers side axle at the bottom of the housing facing the side of the car then the fill is at the front where i said before, both are like a 24mm bolt

watch what you use for fluid don't use cheap crap you'll regret it

[REN69]

Wow rice! when you got here you didn't know how to turn on your car! Now you're turning into mr DIY!

[rice]

94_rolla_guy, what do you mean cheap crap? the cheapest they got in the store was almost $4 USD for 1 quart, are you sugguesting synthetic? i dont want to mess anything up with synthetic, toyota didn't use synthetic on my transmission did they? i'm not sure if i wanna risk a leak or something switching to synthetic, *sigh* decisions decisions, help me decide! synthetic or not???? everyone??? 160,000 high miles on this car! is it worth it??????

and Ren, time pasts fast, i cant believe it's almost 1 year when i first joined, i cant believe you're still here i remember asking you a lot of questions and now that i've looked back at all my threads and posts, it makes me chuckle a bit.....