Thanks...Found a 17mm allen wrench tonight at Sears.
Squirted in some synthetic, about 1/4 of a qt.
Shifted a little better...
I'm planning on draining it, and refilling this weekend.
Wouldn't go into 1st at all before, now is shifting, but roughly...
Clearly though, a little bit helped...
Hope I don't need a new one, just got finished rebuilding the motor.
I know a trans redo is in the future, but I thought I could buy a little more
time!
Can't find anyone that stocks this Redline stuff...
Their website is informational though...
Tony
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"Thomas D. Hanlon" wrote:

> 1. Have the right tool, the 17 mm x 3/8" allen wrench
> 2. Open the filler, first, to determine that if you remove the drain plug,tht
> you can access the filler lplug and not be caught, "drained."
> 3. Make sure that you use the pecified transmkission fluid.  Some on the lost
> recommend Redline.
>
> Racer X wrote:
>
> > Hey folks-
> > Time to add oil to my transmission...
> > Any tips/tricks to getting that filler plug and drain plug out of a manual
> > trans??
> > Been struggling with it!
> > THANKS!
> > 87GL Vanagon