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Originally Posted by traintech86
i have an 89 i just bought and it was sitting around for 2-3 years. i wanted to know how to go about this gear oil. can you explain so i can possibly do it? shouldn't be to much dif for mine. thank you
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After basically getting the car up and running healthy (engine wise) i basically drained out the manual trans to see what would come out of it, and the fluid didn't look that bad. I then topped off the tranny with new regular recommended gear oil up to the lip of the filler hole on the front side of the trans and drove it around til hot on and off for like two days, then drained that stuff out too. It seemed to be fine and remained fairly clear of any metal shavings etc etc. I then went back to the auto store and bought some decent (but not great) semi synthetic gear oil and refilled once more.
I figure i'll drive around on the semi for a month or two and the try and source some of the redline MT90 i have been hearing about here on the site.
As for draining and refilling, simply undo the plug on the bottom of the trans to drain it (into a pan, catch container), then around the front of the car side of the trans is a filler hole to top it off up to. I needed a small hose and funnel to fill it from the top of the engine bay down into that hole. Also had to remove the battery and the tray it sits on for a bit more room. Once liquid started coming out of the top filler hole i knew it was topped off and closed it all up again.
