Ya gotta go to Home Depot and get some tubing and a funnel.  You can pour it
in from above the engine compartment or through the wheel well if need be.

Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Changing Tranny Oil - One More Question

> 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
> >
>