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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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tranny fluid

how much fluid will a z31 tranny take? cause im changing the oil and need to know thanks.
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 06:51 PM
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Oh young one... when will you learn?

http://www.az-zbum.com/information.basic.shtml

PS... changing your oil is different than changing / adding tranny fluid.
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 06:59 PM
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what i did when i first out fluid in that trans was get a king piece of rubber tubing and route it through the trans tunnel and up to the engine compartment, then take a funnel, shove it in there and hose clamp it to the hose, it will make life easy when filling it up.
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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if yours is n/a then u can take off the shifter, i believe the 6 bolts and fill it up that way. i did this with my tranny, i have the 240sx tranny in my z. it was a pain getting the proper amount in the tranny but i found that to be the easiest way.
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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you can do it that way?
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 08:13 PM
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some yes you can hoov. and hoov also fills the tranny like i do. i got a funel and some hosing, alot actually. lol. also, the fill plu is located at the level it needs to filled to, why do you think its on the side and not the top? so you add till it starts to drip out. same with the rear diff. arent car manufacturers so smart sometimes!
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by NismoPick
Oh young one... when will you learn?

http://www.az-zbum.com/information.basic.shtml

PS... changing your oil is different than changing / adding tranny fluid.
ok it says 5-1/8 pint wtf does that mean to me should i buy a gallon of tranny fluid or just a little bottle?
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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ok it says 5-1/8 pint wtf does that mean to me should i buy a gallon of tranny fluid or just a little bottle?
Are you... are you... um... serious??? I learned how many pints are in a gallon in like first grade. If you missed that day, you could still type in those few little letters into GOOGLE and find the answer: http://www.google.com/search?client=...=Google+Search

1 US gallon = 8 US pints
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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ok so im going to buy a gallon and have some left over cool thanks nismo you are very helpful unlike certain ghey guys like snw and don't forget...snw!!!
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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i actually typed a response to this same things as nismo basically but not as kind and hit post reply, and it just kept saying "posting thread!" but it never did..... sad face
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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but not as kind and hit post reply
Ah man! I woulda liked to have read that!
Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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me to don't hold your punches snw or are you afraid?
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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well back on the topic of how to actually fill the tranny, because i think that my way is easiest. i clamped (with some wire twisted around) a piece of fuel line about 8-10 inches long to the little nossel on the bottle. then i put the line in the hole and squeezed the bottle with a clamp. the only down side is that you end up requiring about a pint more then you can actually get into the tranny, because you can't get the bottle upside down.

well, it was easier on my car at least, where it was a bit harder to get to it from the top
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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i think im going to do it with a manual pump style thing
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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cheeze whiz makes great transvestite fluid
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by willkrom1990
well back on the topic of how to actually fill the tranny, because i think that my way is easiest. i clamped (with some wire twisted around) a piece of fuel line about 8-10 inches long to the little nossel on the bottle. then i put the line in the hole and squeezed the bottle with a clamp. the only down side is that you end up requiring about a pint more then you can actually get into the tranny, because you can't get the bottle upside down.

well, it was easier on my car at least, where it was a bit harder to get to it from the top
That's how I did it for mine, it wasn't bad at all. I really dislike the smell of tranny fluid though
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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i already did it a month ago but i just hooked up the bottle up to some vacuum hose and squeezed it, it was a not fun experience
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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That's why I got the pump that you put onto the liter bottles of gear lube. It's been the best tool I've purchased for my Z to date.
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