trans fluid!! This is crazy!!
Melting Slicks
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From: Stamping Ground KY
The impact wrench worked perfectly.
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From: Atlanta Ga
ok....so i'm kinda screwed now!! I think i rounded off the inside of the drain !! But... i did add roughly 2 (a little more) quarts of the expensive stuff from GM. It works great. the car shifts very well, the clutch releases easier (not sure why). Thanks for all the help!!
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
If you haven't completely rounded it off, give it another shot when the car is hot. Park it, jack it up and try then. Heat will make the drain hole bigger. That's what I had to do.
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From: Stamping Ground KY
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From: Orlando FL
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Check the C4 FAQ for proper part numbers of which fluid to get. Note: Part numbers have changed for the GM fluid, so check the C4 FAQ for the new numbers.
You can get the giant allen wrench from Sears, I forgot the size, but its "the biggest one they make" LOL. I can check the size when I get home if you need to know.
Get one of those $10 hand pumps from any auto parts store, its the easiest way to get the fluid in.
Prepare to get DIRTY. It's EASY, but VERY messy.
You can get the giant allen wrench from Sears, I forgot the size, but its "the biggest one they make" LOL. I can check the size when I get home if you need to know.
Get one of those $10 hand pumps from any auto parts store, its the easiest way to get the fluid in.
Prepare to get DIRTY. It's EASY, but VERY messy.
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From: Atlanta Ga
Check the C4 FAQ for proper part numbers of which fluid to get. Note: Part numbers have changed for the GM fluid, so check the C4 FAQ for the new numbers.
You can get the giant allen wrench from Sears, I forgot the size, but its "the biggest one they make" LOL. I can check the size when I get home if you need to know.
Get one of those $10 hand pumps from any auto parts store, its the easiest way to get the fluid in.
Prepare to get DIRTY. It's EASY, but VERY messy.
You can get the giant allen wrench from Sears, I forgot the size, but its "the biggest one they make" LOL. I can check the size when I get home if you need to know.
Get one of those $10 hand pumps from any auto parts store, its the easiest way to get the fluid in.
Prepare to get DIRTY. It's EASY, but VERY messy.
Burning Brakes
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From: Pearland Texas
What worked for me was a 3 to 4 foot piece of (I think) 5/8 heater hose. Ran the hose down thru engine by the starter and into the fill hole. Stuck a funnel on the top end and poured the GM fill until the fluid ran from the same hole. Drain pan caught very little overflow. The trick was getting the car level to insure the proper fill amount. My driveway slope was to extreme, so I pulled the car halfway onto the street and backed up slowy onto the driveway until it appeared to be level. It was also easy to crawl underneath to remove plugs.
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From: Fountain CO
Check the C4 FAQ for proper part numbers of which fluid to get. Note: Part numbers have changed for the GM fluid, so check the C4 FAQ for the new numbers.
You can get the giant allen wrench from Sears, I forgot the size, but its "the biggest one they make" LOL. I can check the size when I get home if you need to know.
Get one of those $10 hand pumps from any auto parts store, its the easiest way to get the fluid in.
Prepare to get DIRTY. It's EASY, but VERY messy.
You can get the giant allen wrench from Sears, I forgot the size, but its "the biggest one they make" LOL. I can check the size when I get home if you need to know.
Get one of those $10 hand pumps from any auto parts store, its the easiest way to get the fluid in.
Prepare to get DIRTY. It's EASY, but VERY messy.
It works great
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From: North Carolina
Welcome to my world,... If you checked my posts on the topic you would see I had to tap the drain plug,... weld a pry bar to it, and break it off.... Then I had to flush the trans because of the metal filings I got in it which was a true pain....
There is an updated plug to fit the trans... it fits into a socket instead of the hex which tends to stripping,... you all may want to look into replacing that on the next drain and fill...
DG
There is an updated plug to fit the trans... it fits into a socket instead of the hex which tends to stripping,... you all may want to look into replacing that on the next drain and fill...
DG
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The only thing i could find as to what kind of trans fluid to use was 5w-30 trans oil. That doesn't make sense to me. Sounds like motor oil. I called chevy and they said i need some fancy kind of stuff thats 15 dollars a quart. They also said that i will need 5 quarts. Thats sounds kinda crazy too. Is there anything else out there i can use thats not so expensive? Oh.....The tranny is a 6spd from a 1990.
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From: Nampa ID
Morning,
For future use, here's what I did.
Autozone 17mm socket (for VW and BMW's) for the drain and fill plugs. I think it was $5.99.
3 quarts/liters Castrol 10w60 from BMW dealer. Just under $9 a qt.
Ordered new drain and fill plugs from Bill Boudreau www.zfdoc.com . Just call him and he will send them out priority mail for $14 shipped. they took two days, shipped on Monday, arrived on Wednesday. Once they got here, I had to remove the fill plug first with a pipe wrench and then the drain plug with the same. I am assuming maintenance had been done previously as both my plugs had already been hammered and I couldn't use the socket.
Let the tranny drain overnight and then install the new drain plug to 26 ft/lbs.
Refill until fluid drips out the fill plug hole.
Install the new fill plug to 26 ft/lbs.
That's it. Pretty easy.
For future use, here's what I did.
Autozone 17mm socket (for VW and BMW's) for the drain and fill plugs. I think it was $5.99.
3 quarts/liters Castrol 10w60 from BMW dealer. Just under $9 a qt.
Ordered new drain and fill plugs from Bill Boudreau www.zfdoc.com . Just call him and he will send them out priority mail for $14 shipped. they took two days, shipped on Monday, arrived on Wednesday. Once they got here, I had to remove the fill plug first with a pipe wrench and then the drain plug with the same. I am assuming maintenance had been done previously as both my plugs had already been hammered and I couldn't use the socket.
Let the tranny drain overnight and then install the new drain plug to 26 ft/lbs.
Refill until fluid drips out the fill plug hole.
Install the new fill plug to 26 ft/lbs.
That's it. Pretty easy.
