It's not impossible to do it yourself.  But you have to plan to spend some
considerable time with a non reusable turkey baster to put in the new fluid,
or get a pump cause you can't pour new fluid in with the tranny in place.

Good luck,

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 5:31 AM
Subject: Changing Tranny Oil - One More Question

> Thanks all, for Redline info/instructions!
> One more question:  several have warned I should
> be sure I can get the fill plug out before draining.
> Is this mentioned *only because I must have the right
> size socket for the job, or is the fill plug often difficult
> to remove?
> Now that I'm changing my own oil & filter--this tranny
> oil change might be another job I dare to tackle!
>
> Thanks,
> Phaedra
> '85 Wolfsburg Westy Basecamp
>