HOW TO: Tranny fluid change on MS3

[Speed3ForMe]

After three weeks or so now, I'm still a buttered ninja. It's still sticky in the cold, but after heating up or on a day in the 50s or higher, so s m o o t h...

Dang...makes me want to ditch work and school just to do the install now.

 

[AWDthis]

Your welcome guys, yeah Im a buttered Ninja aswell! Speed3ForMe dont be afraid, I put this aside for about 2 weeks figuring It would be hard but its really easy! I love the term dude Had to use it haha.

 

[meicalnissyen]

oh crap, i loosened that, and noticed it looked longer that a drain plug as i was loosening it, so i quickly tightened it down. car shifts great and stuff, so i guess i didnt screw it up.

thanks!

I used that bolt on my rolla as the fill port. with the tranny in neutral it has no tension on it (rolla 5spd guaranteed, likely with any manual)

 

[meicalnissyen]

Just did this and its super easy! (yes)

Took some pics for those that a bit confused as to which plugs is that you have to remove and location.

Heres my fill apparatus, its a 2 liter coke bottle cut, it screws in perfect! Very useful.

Here is what the plugs look like, Both are the same.

Here is the location of the plugs viewed from the front of the car.

Hope this helps someone! (rockon)(headbang)(drive2)

Wow, where the F@&$K did your car go?? three illinois winters? or low tide beach cruzin?

Any way, the OP on this how to did NOT do a good write up. The topside access to the fill port is not an option, just wrong.
this is a ten minute job except for that gay piece of plastic with the hole cut by a blind retard

AWD has some nice pics showing how to do this quick

we need to send him a case of wd 40 for his tranny case

 

[karl hungus]

thanks khoney and awdthis (even your socket is rusty!). if you can change the oil in your engine, you change the tranny too.

 

[AWDthis]

LOL yeah IDK im a rustbucket, bought the car used, the salesman said the "nice old lady" that had it never went out of Florida and the car has never seen snow...A little bit off topic, will WD40 remove the rust or is there a better alternative out there you guys know about? thx

 

[meicalnissyen]

if you had to take that s*** off, i would have said so in the how to. you don't have to take any of that off. just do exactly what i said and you'll be fine.

No, Not fine

job goes very well with the airbox etc intact, wheel on.

just pull the shroud like you do for an oil change.

drain and fill are right there

very easy

 

[meicalnissyen]

LOL yeah IDK im a rustbucket, bought the car used, the salesman said the "nice old lady" that had it never went out of Florida and the car has never seen snow...A little bit off topic, will WD40 remove the rust or is there a better alternative out there you guys know about? thx

LPS is nice, but I imagine there are better
removing is not gonna happen but you can keep it from going deeper.
its mostly cosmetic, but there are some shaft seals around there, the clutch slave and shifter linkage come to mind
a rust pit will tend to gnaw at the seal

 

[Red08Speed3]

Nice lil write up

 

[Monkey_3]

Can you overfill the tranny? I see some people had no problems putting in all 3 quarts.

 

[karl hungus]

Can you overfill the tranny? I see some people had no problems putting in all 3 quarts.

you'll lose some of the 3 qts to spillage. i got pretty much 3 in the tranny and haven't experienced any problems. the more the merrier.

 

[Monkey_3]

Well as long as no one who filled in 3 qts have had their tranny blow up its all good. I think we have vents on our tranny.

 

[dizzin9]

you'll lose some of the 3 qts to spillage. i got pretty much 3 in the tranny and haven't experienced any problems. the more the merrier.

i did lol. i should have at least 2.6 qts though. so should i buy a quart just in case? how do i know i messed up since there is no dipstick? i drove my car all around and it felt great. any advice?

(nailbyt)

edit: oh. and one tip use an injector thingy, makes it easier to transfer the fluid. i did mine on a lift and accessed it from below. i ended up zip tying the plastic protector underneath coz it's too weird to put it back plus i have no patience.

 

[rjs_speed3]

nice write up! will be using this soon!!

 

[que]

There's a plug with the alan head to the left of the trans. fill bolt. Does anyone know what that is? I opened it and there was a plunger with a ball bearing that came out. It appeared the same as the gear oil, but I didn't really have a way of filling this as I did with the 24mm bolt. I think I messed up.(boom06)