What's the easiest method to install ATF in a T5 ??
-ERIC
It's got a drain plug & fill plug. Drain the fluid... put in new fluid.
-Mike
I pull the shifter out myself.
MadDAWG
Yup. MUCH easier than trying to fill a hole that it up high on the tranny. Shifter is a breeze to R&R.
Mike
Thanks. I'll probably go that route. :>)
Oh BTW, how many pints does a T5 take ??
-ERIC
I use a pump from a bottle of Sta-Lube rear end oil and a length of clear hose. Be sure to use ATF in it. It goes in fast and easy.
Al
I have a suction pump with a long hose to pump fluid into the fill hole. Keep pumping it in until it starts to leak back out a touch. Not really all that difficult, and if I spill any, it goes on the pavement and not on my carpet. I think the T-5 takes about 2.5 quarts.
Jason S.
you'll need to buy 3 quarts, It takes more than 2,less than 3, I reccomend mobile 1 syn. atf fluid if it's a 85 or later model T5, pre
85 non world class T5's use heavy gear lube.I use an old gear oil bottle top [with the point]. fits right on the trans fluid bottle. with about 5ft of 3/8 vacume line & fill it from up top under the hood
Jeff
Put it on ramps. Purchase a cheap garden sprayer and hacksaw off the adjustable end. Use a tubing bender to bend a hook in the end. Put the fluid in the sprayer and charge it then hook the bent tube into the fill hole on the trans and squeeeeeze.
That sounds easier that taking out my shifter (again).
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