I had a question for any of the J-body member that own stick shift cars. I Bought an 03 LS Sport sedan in october of last year, and i was wondering what the interval, if there is one at all, in which to change the transmission fliud. I usually change the fluid in my 99 Z-24 every 15,000 miles, but since my 03 is newer and has less miles
(27,000 miles) I was wondering when a good time to change it would be, and at what intervals. Thanks in advance.
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I don't think there is an actual interval for man. transissions. I changed my man. trans. fluid at 30,000, and will contunue to every 30k.
If you can find it replace fluid with B&M Trickshift (ATF). Atf is what goes in the getrag in case you were thinking it was a mistype. I used Mobil 1 synthetic ATF. All stores in my area were out of the B&M.
Been draining and refilling the ol' Isuzu 5 speed every 50K miles
How do you even refill/drain them? i thought the trans was sealed?
Yeah, good question. I have a '99 Z24 that has 90,000 miles on it, and as far as I know, the tranny fluid in my manual transmission has never been changed. Just to confirm what you Xian said....You use ATF fluid in a manual transmission?? And if so, where do you drain it from and how much does it take to refill? Thanks!
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I was wondering that also, if he really did say to use ATF. I know that they use a pump to take in and pump out the fluid at the same time. So once the old fliud is going out, the new fluid is going in.
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on the isuzu tranny 95-99 theres a dipstick on the tranny which u fill and a 24mm bolt on the bottom from which you drain..
On the bottom of the tranny; on the driver's side; right below the axle. There's a bolt on the wall of the transimssion that faces towards the driver's wheel. That is the drain plug. There should be a red cap on top the transmission that is the fill hole.
It takes 1.8 quarts, but i just filled it with 2 full quarts. There's a thread about the getrag "noise" it said something about overfilling it with 2 quarts I think it was.
Here's the post about the noise thing.
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=11&i=92249&t=24710#92249
