I took a small funnel and shoved a vinyl tube with 3/8" ID on the end of it.
The tube was about 24" long.  I then removed the fill plug from the tranny
and stuck the other end of the tube into it from the engine compartment
above.  I poured the gear oil into the funnel and watched it enter the
tranny.  When full, I removed the tube and replaced the plug.  No pumps, no
squeeze bottles, no mess.

TEMiller

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Gear Oil or Trans Fluid?

n 9/22/05, kevin obrien <kevindobrien@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Thanks for the quick response to my question! Does the
> differntial in an auto trans take Mercon III auto
> trans fluid or a different type of fluid? (Gear Oil?)
>

It takes regular gear oil. I use Red Line Synthetic 75w90. Getting it in
there requires some sort of squeeze bottle arrangement, I think. How it's
done, I couldn't tell ya'. I filled mine the "easy" way, by tilting the
differential assembly on its side on the garage floor when I had everything
disassembled...

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon
"Keine Bange, wir holen die Zange!"

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon
"Keine Bange, wir holen die Zange!"