Michael,
The simple way is to jack up the front left corner of the car. Crawl under
and use the pump that Mark described to add a little fluid to the trans.
Leave the filler plug out and lower the car. Check to see if oil is dripping
out of the filler hole. If not, repeat process until you get it dripping.
Once it stops dripping, jack up the car and reinsert the plug (I like to use
Teflon tape on the plug). Wipe up the mess and your on the road. It's much
simpler than 4 jack stands.
Peter
'68 TR250
on 6/1/03 10:45 PM, SamuelsMA@aol.com at SamuelsMA@aol.com wrote:
> Listers:
>
> I read in my shop manual that I should top off the transmission oil every
> 6000 miles. It describes doing so with the car on a flat surface. What,
> exactly, is the procedure for doing this? I see the fill plug, but once I
> take the
> car down from the ramps I'm not sure how I'm going to get to it. Do I need to
> have the car on a lift or on 4 jackstands to do this? Also, how exactly do
> you add oil to the filler hole? It doesn't look like you could just pour it
> in
> the way you add oil to the top of the motor if it needs some. The filler hole
> is in a tight place along the side of the transmission.
>
> Advice needed! Thanks as always.
>
> Michael Samuels
> '70 TR6 PI CP 51797 LP
> Miami Beach, FL
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