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Tranny Fluid Changed

Postby Stealth01 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:14

Got that task done today. Was a little easier than I thought, but a hell of a lot messier. Still, there are now ALMOST 3 quarts of Redline MT-90 goodness in the MTX, and she shifts SMOOTH. Noticeable difference.

That said, the old fluid actually looked pretty good. I think it might have been changed somewhere along the way.
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Postby bellalyssa » Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:14

I put MT-90 in mine too. I love it!
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Postby Stealth01 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:14

Yep, definitely shifts smoother now. But that could just be because the old fluid was...well...old.
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Postby iani1.1 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:14

yes mt-90 is the good stuff. ill be filling my diff and trans with redline here soon
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Postby Shadowden » Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:14

Stealth01 wrote:Got that task done today. Was a little easier than I thought, but a hell of a lot messier. Still, there are now ALMOST 3 quarts of Redline MT-90 goodness in the MTX, and she shifts SMOOTH. Noticeable difference.

That said, the old fluid actually looked pretty good. I think it might have been changed somewhere along the way.


How did you approach your change? I think I recall reading two different methods. One using a funnel with a long hose, and another.

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Postby RX-7 Chris » Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:14

he isn't really on here anymore.

I use a pump to fill the tranny.
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Postby Shadowden » Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:14

RX-7 Chris wrote:he isn't really on here anymore.

I use a pump to fill the tranny.


How do you use a pump?

Hose into new tranny bottle, ball pump, and hose to fill hole?

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Postby RX-7 Chris » Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:14

I use one of these from the parts store:
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Postby Huzer » Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:14

On the 8, I just popped the shifter off the top and dumped in the fluid. Still have 3 quarts or so sitting in the garage...

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Postby Shadowden » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:14

Seems like I should change the fluis when i put my STS on. Need to see if I can get Redline90 locally.

D Walker possibly?

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Postby Huzer » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:14

You can find it locally. And you can have my 3 QTS if you want it. I picked mine up at http://www.3rauto.com/

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Postby Shadowden » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:14

Huzer wrote:You can find it locally. And you can have my 3 QTS if you want it. I picked mine up at http://www.3rauto.com/


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Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:14

on a fwd you can't add the fluid through the shifter.
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Postby Shadowden » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:14

RX-7 Chris wrote:on a fwd you can't add the fluid through the shifter.


No problem, I'm gonna use your pump when we swap in the STS :D

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Postby Shadowden » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:14

I'm a slacker...still need to do this.

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Not a very difficult task. It would have been a little more awkward with te car only on jackstands, but not difficult still. I changed mine at 75k. The 2-3 shifts now have no clunk to them. I also used the Redline MT90. Thanks to Huzer, I only needed to buy 1 qt. Need to get one of my own pumps though. Seems like a good thing to do more often (every 30 k perhaps).


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