Best Way To Get Fluid In Transmission?

[steve_wilwerding]

I'm planning on changing my transmission fluid to the Redline cocktail this weekend, and I was wondering what the best way is to get the fluid into the transmission. I'm assuming Tool Pants or Loren has some trick up their sleeve.

[Tool Pants]

I have no trick to defy gravity on a mid-engine car for a DIYer. You have to pump the oil out of the container into the fill plug opening with a plastic pump unless you can get the spout of the container up there at an angle.

Open to new suggestions.

[steve_wilwerding]

Actually, what I normally use in these situations is a custom-made fire extinguisher. I took a regular fire extinguisher, cut a hole in the top, and inserted an air nipple (like you have in your tires). I can unscrew the top, fill about 3/4 up with fluid, and pressurize it. That works pretty well - I just wondered if there were other ideas.

[mee]

I did exactly what tool pants did. The pumps won't fit into the bottle, so I poured about 1/3 of a bottle at a time into another jar. It's not pretty, but it was not as messy as I thought it would be. Just take your time to avoid getting oil all over yourself ;)

[Jenno]

Does anyone know where the drain plug and filler are on the 6-speed "S" manual transmission. I think I've found the filler hole about half way back on the left side (from the rear - the driver's side in the US), but nothing lines up with the hole in the undertray. Also are they just hex / allen keys or something more exotic like a Torx.

Any ideas gratefully received - even better a schematic would be excellent.

Cheers,

Mike.

[Tool Pants]

You have to remove the metal plate to get to the drain plug. You are right - the hole in the plate does not line up with the plug on a manual transmission.

The only time I have seen the hole used is when injecting automatic transmission fluid into the the triptronic transmission. The plate is not removed. When the mechanic removed the plug through the hole I expected fluid to run out - but that is the plug to add fluid on a tip.