ATF fluid check
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ATF fluid check
Has anyone considered a MOD where you could MOD in a fill tube and dipstick above the A4 tranny. Checking the level now is a friggin hassle.
Wish that one of these Vette vendors had something to offer in this area.
Wish that one of these Vette vendors had something to offer in this area.
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I thought the whole point on not having fill tube dip stick (other then the location of the trans in the rear) was because it is a sealed system? Unless you see it leaking you should not have to check it? 
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Originally Posted by StephenT
I thought the whole point on not having fill tube dip stick (other then the location of the trans in the rear) was because it is a sealed system? Unless you see it leaking you should not have to check it?
That is my only worry, and I would have to know one way or the other.
That is just me, and I know I have a problem trusting other peoples work.
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Originally Posted by StephenT
I thought the whole point on not having fill tube dip stick (other then the location of the trans in the rear) was because it is a sealed system? Unless you see it leaking you should not have to check it?
It would be nice to have a dipstick and I even believe it would be possible to have an access panel in the trunk compartment that you could flip open to reveal a dipstick but in order to do this the transmission would have to be removed and a hole drilled in the case, then you would have to fab a dipstick tube as well as the dipstick.
Between doing that and cutting a hole in the trunk floor you would have to completly seal the access panel to eliminate any chance of carbon monoxide gas from entering the car and it's for this reason alone that I think GM decided not to include a dipstick in the 4l60e tranny on the Corvette.
