I am trying to change the manual tranmission fluid on my 3 week old (to me) 1994 GS. I believe the current fill is about 2 years old. Shifts are a little rough and I figure that I will do a bunch of stuff that I would do in the next couple of years anyhow. I plan to keep this car for at least 3 or 4 years so I would rather put the work in at the beginning to enjoy the results
I value this board as it led me to my MX-3 and I have found a valuable thread on the subject at:
http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... ear+filter
which saved me some potential heartache. but I have a couple of questions.
My major issues are that as an Ontario car the corrosion from road salt locks everything into place, and the fact that my car is so low I car barely get a jack underneath and when I do, it can barely get high enough to slip jackstands under.
I lack a 23 MM socket (Darn it i have a 22 and 24 mm!) so I guess I will have to buy one to get the drain plug out. However from experience, I always try to figure out how i will fill the thing before I drain it. Don't ask, but it involves draining oil out of a sump and then discovering that the (plastic) oil filller cap had melted itself shut.
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I was intrigued by the speedometer gear suggestion as a fill point. My fluid level check thingy is on extra tight and even if I can get it off, the top down method of filling through the speedo gear tube seems cleaner. Thanks to atlantamx3's posts I beleive I have successfully located it as the only thing in the vicinity of the fuel filter just below the and in front of the battery. It has a heavily iinsulated wire coming from the rear and a smaller stiffer wire going up front, but mine has a 12mm bolt. Is this the right thing?
How difficult is it to remove and replace this? does the speedo gear just slide back in or does it need to be adjusted to mesh with gears?
The stock airbox is gone, replaced by a K&N. I could remove it if necessary to get access, but I am a little concerned about the brittleness of old plastic in the cold. There is enough room for me to reach around with a socket wrench to remove the bolt, and enough room from the top to fee a hose down to fill it, but if I was reuired to make fine adjustments in re-seating the speedo gear I would need to disassemble the air intake.
Sorry for the newbie-ness of my post but while I find the online manual very helpful, the way the data is presented is not always the most comprehensible
Pointers?
Many thanks.