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Maybe I'll pick up a longer wrench and give it another try. That should be able to give me some more torque.
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Maybe I'll pick up a longer wrench and give it another try. That should be able to give me some more torque.
Get a 3/8 breaker bar. That ought to do it. They're fairly cheap too..
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Old 01-29-2007, 11:16 AM   #43 (permalink)
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I got a new socket wrench with a longer handle on Saturday and that did the trick. My transmission was definitely overfilled because fluid started pouring out the second the fill bolt came off. I made a mess of things, but hey, I've never changed fluid under the car before.

Buying the Amsoil MTF has been without a doubt the best $24 I've spent on this car. Within a few minutes I could feel the shifting get smoother. I can still feel some notchiness going into third, but there's no actual resistance. I haven't grinded and it hasn't popped out since. It's not perfect, but it's so much better than before. Well, I'm happy for now.
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I got a new socket wrench with a longer handle on Saturday and that did the trick. My transmission was definitely overfilled because fluid started pouring out the second the fill bolt came off. I made a mess of things, but hey, I've never changed fluid under the car before.

Buying the Amsoil MTF has been without a doubt the best $24 I've spent on this car. Within a few minutes I could feel the shifting get smoother. I can still feel some notchiness going into third, but there's no actual resistance. I haven't grinded and it hasn't popped out since. It's not perfect, but it's so much better than before. Well, I'm happy for now.
good job bro...
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Wife called and my Amsoil MTF shipment just showed up. I know what I'll be doing first thing Saturday morning. I'm getting a little soft in my old age.....I try to limit my winter wrenching projects to just a quick oil change or a NASCAR quick tire rotation.....and I even have a nice indoor garage that the temp never gets much below 40 in the dead of winter. However, I'm willing to get a little chilled for this project.

I feel for you guys that are forced to wrench on your cars out in the cold!!!
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Old 01-29-2007, 01:26 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Wife called and my Amsoil MTF shipment just showed up. I know what I'll be doing first thing Saturday morning. I'm getting a little soft in my old age.....I try to limit my winter wrenching projects to just a quick oil change or a NASCAR quick tire rotation.....and I even have a nice indoor garage that the temp never gets much below 40 in the dead of winter. However, I'm willing to get a little chilled for this project.

I feel for you guys that are forced to wrench on your cars out in the cold!!!
That's what I did since I don't have a garage in my townhouse. I just set up everything in the parking lot and went at it. But it was pretty warm on Saturday, in the 30s I think. It was 10 degrees when I left the house Friday morning so it felt plenty warm.
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I did mine this Saturday. Use about 3/4 of the two bottles I bought. Driving it this morning 15 to 20 degrees was much better. As it warmed up, it got even better. Very good for the time and money spent.
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I did mine this Saturday. Use about 3/4 of the two bottles I bought. Driving it this morning 15 to 20 degrees was much better. As it warmed up, it got even better. Very good for the time and money spent.
did you fill all the way up? did the tranny fluid drip down on that fill hole? coz thats the amount that you have to put in...
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did you fill all the way up? did the tranny fluid drip down on that fill hole? coz thats the amount that you have to put in...
I filled mine up with as much as it would take. I got one whole bottle in and about 3/4 of the second. Past that, it just leaked out of the fill hole. I made sure nothing was leaking out before I put the bolt on, I figure that would ensure it wasn't over filled.
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^^ thats how i did mine too...but i cant take the mess when i took that fill bolt off...
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I did mine this Saturday. Use about 3/4 of the two bottles I bought. Driving it this morning 15 to 20 degrees was much better. As it warmed up, it got even better. Very good for the time and money spent.
Was that 1-3/4 qrts with the car level on jackstands?

Off topic, nice Sig P239 in that picture below your user name. I have P226 in .40 cal. and I'm trying to get my brother to go with the P239 over a Glock 19.
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I only had jackstands behind the front wheels so the car wasn't level and I got about 1.75 liters in.

BATANG CITY JAIL, your car was level since it was on a lift, so how much did you get in?
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did you fill all the way up? did the tranny fluid drip down on that fill hole? coz thats the amount that you have to put in...
I am pretty sure I did. I didn't have it totally flat, because I use ramps and a jack. I had it as flat as I could though. I figured it should be fine. I will check it when I do my cat and header since I will have access to a lift.
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Was that 1-3/4 qrts with the car level on jackstands?

Off topic, nice Sig P239 in that picture below your user name. I have P226 in .40 cal. and I'm trying to get my brother to go with the P239 over a Glock 19.
Actually closer to 1 and a half since it wasn't level.

I love my Sigs, I have the P239 in .40 and .357. IMHO a better choice than the Glock.
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yayy just did it, thanks for the diy... bastards over filled my mtf too ~.~
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call me silly, but why the tranny fluid change?
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oh by the way... i didnt have to lift the car at all lol.

took me like an hour, but i did it just by laying on the ground and reach for the bolts.

it just took me a while to figure out where the drain and fill bolts were. if you lay parallel to the front of the car and look through the bottom splash gaurd you can see the bolts at certain angles

also, it took the entire 2 bottles (2 quarts total) to fill back up for me... by the time i was emptying the 2nd bottle the fill hole started dripping a little.
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2 quarts wow. mine only took 1 3/4
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2 quarts wow. mine only took 1 3/4
Yah iono, with the amount that i drained out in the beginning (even after most of the over-filled fluid went all over the floor) it filled each of the 1qt bottles past the 1qt mark...

this is weird to me.. i wonder what would cause such a disparity in how much people are having to refill
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Yah iono, with the amount that i drained out in the beginning (even after most of the over-filled fluid went all over the floor) it filled each of the 1qt bottles past the 1qt mark...

this is weird to me.. i wonder what would cause such a disparity in how much people are having to refill
was your car on level ground?
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