Hi all...
Last night I changed the manual transmission oil on my 1994 4x4 22RE (I think the tranny is a W56) for the first time (bought it used a little while ago).
However, in doing so, I mistakenly filled the tranny by removing the ristrict pin instead of the check/fill plug. (don't ask...it was late, i was half asleep, and, mostly, i'm a moron :-)
It did seem strange that the tranny took 5 qts of oil when the manual says it should take a little over 3. But, I drove it around for about
5 miles and it worked fine. This morning, however, I realized what I did and drained the excess oil by removing the check/fill plug.
So I have a few questions (everything seems OK, but I just want to make sure):
- Did I harm anything inside the transmission by either filling it at the wrong place or driving it for a little while with too much oil in the tranny?
- Is there anything else (besides draining the excess oil--i used MobilOne Synthetic 75W90, btw, in case that matters) I should do to remedy the situation?
- Is there a torque spec for the restrict pin? Seems like something that would have one, but I can't find one anywhere. (Just out of curiosity, what exactly does the restrict pin do?)
- Should end of the restrict pin be greased? If so, what type of grease? In thinking it was the check/fill plug, I cleaned off what I thought was just sludge buildup. In retrospect, however, I'm thinking it might have been grease that was supposed to be there.
Thanks for any help.
Stan
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