OK dumb question.....where and how do I drain the gear oil for the tranny? I bought some stuff by Redline and dont know where to put it. I wanted to do it before this weekend, so any help would be cool, pic would be nice too if anyone has some. The car is a 89 CRX DX 5speed ....thanks

 

Remove the intake/Battery tray/ and the starter. There's a wide/thin bolt beneath it. I believe its the metric equivalent to a 3/4" socket. And beneath the tranny there is a plug with a square hole, just pop your 3/8th" wrench onto it like it was a socket and start loosening. - Darrell

 

Cool thanks

 

or get a long funnel. Pull the speedometer sensor out of the trans, and wa-la big *** hole, put long *** funnel into big *** hole and pore 1 9/10 quarts of yo' fluid into trany. Put speedometer sensor back. Then drive that Mo' Fo' all weekend long. Don't forget to stop and get some gas though. The bolt is a 10mm, pull it out. Take a srew driver and pop the sensor out. You don't have to take the cable off either. Have fun!!!!!

 

I need a damn Haynes manual lol

 

Are u actually putting in gear oil (i.e. 80W-90) or is it redlines light weight stuff?

 

1)park car in 1st gear and set parking brake
2)get floorjack and raise passenger side frontend high enough so you have room to work.
3)Remove passenger side wheel
4)MAKE SURE YOU LOOSEN THE TRANSMISSION FILL PLUG BEFORE LOOSENING THE DRAIN PLUG(itll be a large plug (I think its 19mm)right next to the upper control arm) THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE THE FILL PLUG IS AT A VERY HARD ANGLE TO REACH AND IS VERY EASY TO ROUND THE HEAD!!!! (The drain plug is the 3/8 square plug in) If you dont do this youll end up draining your transmission and having no way to refill it until you get a new plug from honda,(and get your old one off)
5)Drain your old transmission fluid from the aforementioned 3/8 plug-in
6)get 2-3 feet of clear plastic hose to lead into the transmission
7)add transmission fluid into trasmission until fluid pours out of the hole, then put the plug back in
8)put wheel back on
9)lower car from floorjack

 

The filler plug is a 17mm:
The black hole in the center is where the passenger side axle goes in..

 

...or if you want to stay clean you can remove your reverse light sensor and fill there, easy does it.

 

You still have to check the level though.

 

hey does anyone have a pic of the reverse light thingy? my fill bolt the 17mm bolt is stripped and i need it to be running and drivable before i can get get another bolt

 

Reverse switch is at the end of the blue line..

The green one is a vent hose which will probably work also but it is
kind of small..

 

I would have to say filling thru the VSS hole is the easiest and fastest.

 

damn...that is a small hole from what i remember. I think i might just get a small pipe wrench or something to losen and remove the fill bolt.

 

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Here is a pic of that:

note:sensor must be removed first...

I have always used the filler plug but whatever works...

 

My bad, I thought I had Redline. I bought this stuff, LUCAS High Performance/Heavy Duty 85/140 plus gear oil. I seen a "demo" gear set with this in action, It contains "climbing additives. Now is this the right stuff I need? is it good?

 

I use the reverse sensor

 

Fill the trans through the back up light sensor hole. It's the best and easyest way to do it. Be careful when you pull the wires off before you take the sensor out, then be careful when you wrench it out, its a knuckle buster. Its hard as hell to pore oil up in to the factory filler hole. Make sure you check the level of the oil through the factory filler hole. Its a messy job so put something on the ground to catch the oil that runs out. Have fun.

 

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Dont use it. 10W30 motor oil or Honda MTF. Light weight stuff is a must for Honda trannys.

 

Syncromesh!

Btw, fill in the right location so you know when its full, as shown in the pic above.

 

sorry not trying to jack your thread,but is royal purple MTF any good?

 

What are a few good fluids to use? How about synthetics?

 

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how about 10w30 or honda MTF fluid like suggested

 

synchromesh did it for me

 

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how about 10w30 or honda MTF fluid like suggested </TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats what honda recommends,and uses! I know, I serviced them for the last five years.