AMEN!!!

What Karl has said here can't be emphasized enough.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Karl Wolz wrote:

>Sounds like a lot of extra work for little gain, unless you're planning
>on replacing the gear oil anyway.  The tranny is to be filled to within
>5/8" of the fill hole's lower lip.  This can easily be checked by using
>an allen-type wrench as a dipstick.
>
>However, the unpardonable sin you're committed here is to tell someone
>to remove the drain plug first.  Always be absolutely certain that you
>can remove the fill plug before messing around with the drain plug.  If
>the fill plug happens to be seized, the only way to refill the tranny
>will be to remove said tranny!
>
>Karl
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>
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>Behalf Of
>
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>>Warren Lail
>>Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 7:27 PM
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Re: refilling tranny fluid
>>
>>To be absolutely sure you have enough tranny oil, I suggest that you
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>drain the
>
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>>tranny by removing the plug (17mm hex)
>>near the engine.  Let it drain thoroughly and then replace the plug.
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>Then, remove
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>>the refill plug, also a 17 mm hex)
>>just above where the shift linkage attaches to the tranny (you may
>>
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>want to make
>
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>>sure you can get this one off before
>>you drain the tranny!).  Then go to O'Reilly's or some other FLAPS and
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>get yourself
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>>a small pump made just for this
>>job (about $5).  If you have an 091 tranny, pour exactly 3.2 quarts of
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>gear oil into a
>
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>>one gallon jug, attach the hand pump,
>>and stick the hose into the fill hole.  Pump away.  If you have an
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>091/1, I think you
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>>will need about 3.7 quarts.  Check
>>Bentley to be sure.
>>
>>Ole Bill Bones is going to get a second newly rebuilt tranny put back
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>in 'hisself
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>>tomorrow, but since it is already out
>>of the bus, it is way easier to fill the tranny before you install it,
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>and this is exactly
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>>what I intend to do.
>>
>>Warren Lail
>>88 Westy "Billy Bones"
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>>"The voices stopped at once, all but Dr. Livesey's;  he went on as
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>before speaking
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>>clear and kind and drawing briskly
>>at his pipe between every word or two.  The captain glared at him for
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>a while,
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>>flapped his hand again, glared still harder,
>>and at last broke out with a villainous, low oath, 'Silence, there,
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>between decks!'"
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