Posted by DHoang on October 25, 2000 at 22:03:35:
1) Service the manual trans & power steering fluids concurrently. The
manual trans takes approx. 1.5 quarts and the power steering takes 0.5 quarts of
the same automatic transmission fluid. Two quarts complete this job nicely. I
replaced w/ Mobil 1 ATF. To date, I've replaced this per 25k miles.
2)
Consider removing the fill plug prior to instead of after removing the drain
plug where the lubricant has completely drained out. If you encounter a stuck
fill plug, then you will not find yourself w/ an empty transmission or
differential. Also, it evens out the pressure drop inside of the casing so that
the lubricants drains out in one smooth stream rather than purge out in large
clumps that can splatter out and miss the drain pan.
3) Once all of the fluid has been filled, run through the gears while the car is on jack stands. It takes a fair amount of time to coat the gears with the new lubricants. I could hear my gears whine for the first 10-15 secs of rotation. Thus, not loading the gears while getting this initial coating of lubrication is good.
Hope this is informative and entertaining.