Is the car sitting dead level?
on 7/16/01 8:51 PM, Craig D. Niederst at niederst@telerama.com wrote:
> Since I have the passenger side floor pan out of the '71 B, it seemed like
> an ideal time to change the tranny oil (and also the emergency brake cable).
> The oil the I drained out was a nasty thick mess (~ 2 qts), and had a
> green-tannish color to it (and stunk real bad). My B, although a pre-'75
> model, has a late side fill non-OD tranny fitted. Fill capacity is listed at
> 3 quarts in my manuals, but I have read in the archives in several posts
> that the side fill trannies should be filled until oil runs out of the side
> fill plug. I pumped 4 qts of 20W50 into the tranny, and it has not yet
> reached the point that it runs out the side. Should I continue to add until
> oil comes out of the fill hole, or is this incorrect (and thus requiring me
> to drain 1 qt out of the tranny). TIA.
>
> Craig
> '71 B
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