Tranny Oil..

[RuTerc]

Hey guys..

Im finishing my 3ee to 5efe swap and im reusing my 4spd manual tranny.

Now, the question is what tranny fluid do i use? i went to the store and asked the guy which oil i use in the tranny and he said to get "ATF DEXRON III Automatic Transmission Fluid" he didnt even ask me if its auto or manual, so without thinking i bought it..

then i come home and thought to myself to check my haynes manual and see what it says because it was strange to use auto tranny fluid in a manual i thought, and for the manual tranny it says to use "API GL-5 75W-90 gear oil" and for auto it says to use "DEXRON II"...

So any of you guys used ATF DEXRON III oil in your manual tranny?.. whatcha think?

[StealthSeo]

umm use whats recomended just to be safe

[alfradio]

Originally Posted by StealthSeo

umm use whats recomended just to be safe

Agreed!!! By the way, treat that tranny of yours to a couple quarts of Royal Purple gear oil...
you'll be glad you did!

alf

[RuTerc]

Thanks guys.. im going to return that ATF shizzle i bought and get me some Royal Purple goodness like alf suggested

by the way anyone knows how many liters i need to top it out?

[alfradio]

Originally Posted by RuTerc

Thanks guys.. im going to return that ATF shizzle i bought and get me
some Royal Purple goodness like alf suggested

by the way anyone knows how many liters i need to top it out?

I think 3 or 4 quarts will do it (or was it 2 or 3???) Pretty sure it was 3 or 4!

alf

[pidster]

3 will just about fill it. I'd get 4 just to be on the safe side. You'll need more at some point so why not.

[Vikz99]

so we can only use ATF DEXRON III as an transmission oil? or can we use any transmission oil? cuz i used mr.transmission (canadian...lol) oil..? let me know.

[lancekilgore]

For a automatic it calls for Dex II or III but you can use a equivilant to DEX like royal purple.

Lance

[Vikz99]

yeah.. i just checked the label on the mr.transmission bottle and it says good for use for dexron III and II. thanks for your help

[ToyotaTechGeek]

that trans seems to like a slight bit more than what it takes to 'fill' it. my hard 1st to 2nd shift condition cleaned-up after i filled it with RedLine MTL then i topped with AmsOil 80W90

[lancekilgore]

Good to know my old truck started haveing shifting problems, New fluid to. look into it.

Lance

[Flip123]

the tercel 5efe (dis) is 75w-90 gear oil btw... and it only took me 2.5 quarts to fill up my tranny with mobil 1 synthetic gear oil btw, going synthetic made a great improvent in shifting.... its a lot smoother and easier to get into gear in the manual it says the 5efe only needs 2.3 US quarts... so i dunno i got 3 quarts so that should be good enough

[ToyotaTechGeek]

yeah, the top-shelf synthetic gear lube doesn't come in 75W-90. well, maybe now...but...