transmission fluid replacement

[Lucky]

Viper,

Your pic #1 shows the fill plug. Pic #3 is the drain plug. Both are 10mm allen, I believe.

The manual you have shows pics of a 5 speed tranny, which is part of the confusion.

When filling slip the hose from your pump into the fill hole and use a piece of tape around that squared-off support bracket you see in your pic to hold the hose in. Pump away until a bit of fluid drips back out... when that happens it's full.

[Viper5]

Then which plug is pic #2 displaying?

[chitowndad]

Hey I never heard of that Delvac product... Is that really the best fluid for the 986 6 speed? I was going to replace mine with Redline 75W90... My car has only 12,000 miles on it but it's a 2001 so I think I should replace it. Thoughts?

Also, I made my own pump when I replaced the fluid on my Z.

I took the cap on one of the quart bottles and cut 2 small holes in it. I inserted 2 tubes into the cap, one longer than the other. The one that is shorter you connect to your compressor and set it to 5 PSI. the other tube goes into the trans fill hole. Then push some air into the one line and it will push the fluid out of the bottle. IT works nice and you can reuse the cap on the other bottles.

-Steve

[Viper5]

I spoke with redline today and they even told me to get the 75w90 ns without even telling them thats what I had already purchased. Make sure you get the ns version as was already mentioned previously.

I also meant to ask if there is a transmission fluid filter, and if so how much more fluid do I need for that and is it recommended I replace my old one.

[Lucky]

Originally Posted by Viper5

I spoke with redline today and they even told me to get the 75w90 ns without even telling them thats what I had already purchased. Make sure you get the ns version as was already mentioned previously.

I also meant to ask if there is a transmission fluid filter, and if so how much more fluid do I need for that and is it recommended I replace my old one.

I've never seen a filter in a manual tranny...

As far as the "plug" in pic #2... I don't think it is a plug. Looks like an allen-head bolt to me.

Just use the plugs in pics #3 & #1 to drain and refill, respectively.

[Lucky]

Hey Viper, did you ever finish the fluid change? Did it help your shifting/grinding problem?

[Viper5]

I did complete it, however my car is still up on jack stands. Today I should be receiving some o2 sensors and I'm gonna try to install them. Once thats done, the only things left are to find where my air leak is and test the grinding. I will report back with my findings.