Having no luck finding AT fill plug on our 2001 3.2CLS.
It's not too big -- 24mm thread plug.
Looked for half hour today -- found nothing that looked like sketch in Service Manual.

Thanks for any help.
Tom

 

 

just fill it up in the same tube that you check your level with

 

^ But if you do that, remember there's no vent, so the air that's being displaced will try to come out the same tube and likely splash fluid back towards you. Just pour slowly and you'll be fine..

 

that's some thin liquid if it splashes that far back. you're filling it with ATF, not water, right?

 

Thanks for replies,
Picture from slomofo helps but that fill hole, which is shown less clearly on manual drawing, is not present on my 2001 3.2CLS. There is a metal pipe coming out of that hole which leads to a connection on the rear of the transmission. Appears ACURA has commandeered that fill hole for some tranny fix after the manual was printed.
Used dipstick hole last time, per 1GPlusSH suggestion, with an array of small tubing and a funnel which worked OK. Like 5SpdH22 says, just pour slowly.
Was trying to do it the "right way" next time, thus my quest for the no-longer-available filler hole.
Thanks again,
Tom
P.S. Tried to add a pix of my installation showing the new tube but guess I'm too new to be allowed to do that..........

 

call a honda dealership. every once in awhile, i've gotten a mechanic in the service department to help me out over the phone.

 

Haha, maybe honda's are different. I was just working on my buddy's hyundai (SPIII trans fluid) last weekend and this happened. That was the first automatic I've worked on and it wasn't much fun.. I'm going to stick to manuals.

And yea, it splashed EVERYWHERE if you didn't pour it slow enough to give the air room to slide past the fluid going in. It was nowhere near as thick as the MTF I'm used to using. Took 8 quarts too..