T-5 fluid?

Big Bopper · 04-21-2002, 02:10 PM

Can I pour the fluid down where my Pro-5.0 bolts onto or do I have to pour it into that hard to get to 3/8ths square plug and keep putting my finger in the hole? (To check for fluid level)

Thanks Eh!

Coupe5oh · 04-22-2002, 02:15 AM

I heard of people saying they have poured it into the top, where the shifter bolts on, just invest in a little pump/syphon, and fill it up until it pours out (the upper plug), i just let the car down off the jack and let the excess fluid drain out, then wipe it off and put the plug back in....simple

Big Bopper · 04-22-2002, 03:11 AM

Ya no kidding why chance it......

Just being lazy..."lazy man works twice as hard"

Coupe5oh · 04-22-2002, 07:05 AM

Im guilty too, i've been known to try shortcuts, but end up causing more work for myself

if you have your shifter off already, i can see this being to your advantage, removing it will make you have to re RTV it and all that.

fiveohpatrol · 04-22-2002, 05:14 PM

If you are just changing the fluid then doing it through the shifter hole would be just as hard.

But if you had the tranny out and are just installing it, and therefore you have to have the shifter off anyway, then it is the easier way to do it. This is the way that I did it the last time, and everything's fine

-Drew

04-21-2002, 02:10 PM	#1
Big Bopper Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Sechelt, B.C., Canada Posts: 200	T-5 fluid? Can I pour the fluid down where my Pro-5.0 bolts onto or do I have to pour it into that hard to get to 3/8ths square plug and keep putting my finger in the hole? (To check for fluid level) Thanks Eh! __________________ 90' GT Drop-top, 88' 302,pulleys,full flowmasters (turndowns),Ported stock Intakes,twin flex-a-lites,Pro-5.0,3.55's,short belt,elctric water pump,timing bumped,taylor leads.(headers soon!)

04-22-2002, 02:15 AM	#2
Coupe5oh Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 734	I heard of people saying they have poured it into the top, where the shifter bolts on, just invest in a little pump/syphon, and fill it up until it pours out (the upper plug), i just let the car down off the jack and let the excess fluid drain out, then wipe it off and put the plug back in....simple __________________ Police package 5spd 90 Lx, Stock original motor, 3.27grs, BM fan, fms 10.5 clutch, D&D quadrant, and adjuster, ADS chip, 180 stat, mac cai, mac h-pipe, mac subframe connectors, ASP crank pulley, ripper shifter, 26x10.5 M/T sport pros welds. 246 hp according to analyzer Race weight: 3,120 E.t-13.57 with 26x10.50's e.t. streets. 1.88 60' mph- 99.92 mph

04-22-2002, 03:11 AM	#3
Big Bopper Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Sechelt, B.C., Canada Posts: 200	Fluid... Ya no kidding why chance it...... Just being lazy..."lazy man works twice as hard" __________________ 90' GT Drop-top, 88' 302,pulleys,full flowmasters (turndowns),Ported stock Intakes,twin flex-a-lites,Pro-5.0,3.55's,short belt,elctric water pump,timing bumped,taylor leads.(headers soon!)

04-22-2002, 05:14 PM	#5
fiveohpatrol I'd rather be basketweaving Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,551	If you are just changing the fluid then doing it through the shifter hole would be just as hard. But if you had the tranny out and are just installing it, and therefore you have to have the shifter off anyway, then it is the easier way to do it. This is the way that I did it the last time, and everything's fine -Drew __________________ NMRA O/C 9516 NA pumpgas stickshift 347 10.65@125.6, 6.73@100, 1.41 60ft

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04-22-2002, 07:05 AM	#4
Coupe5oh Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 734	Im guilty too, i've been known to try shortcuts, but end up causing more work for myself if you have your shifter off already, i can see this being to your advantage, removing it will make you have to re RTV it and all that.