before i got the special socket, i  had the exhaust shop weld to vw lug bolts together so i could use it with a socket.
  jonathan

Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
  Yes.
Now the qualifiers. Get the special 17mm socket from online vendors or your local
flaps.
Draining is easy, but FIRST make sure you can get the fill plug out. It's kind of hard
to get to, up on the right hand side. Clean around it first as well.
Everyone seems to have their favorite method to fill. I use a small vinyl hose, long
enough to insert one end into the fill hole and thread the other out through the wheel
well, insert a small funnel and tape it to the side of the van and fill from there.
Despite what VW later said about filling to just below the fill hole, fill until it
just comes out.
Think about using synthetic Redline MT90.
Good luck,
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Stainbrook"
To:
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 4:29 PM
Subject: simple stuff

> Hi All-my question is about changing the transmission oil on my 85,4 speed
> manual..is this something I can do in the parking lot without special
> tools,pump,etc? I looked in the Bently but found nothing helpfull-too
> simple perhaps? anyway thanks for having patience with a non-wrench. Mike
>

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