Maybe you can help me...I changed my motor oil with no problems, but then i decided to
change the manual transaxle oil as well, as its a 91 and hasnt been done in quite some while.
I empty it with no problems, but then i go to refill it an the bolt refuses to budge. i've yanked on it,
and heated it with a torch and all this accomplished is an almost circular bolt (stripped).
Obviously i cant drive it as it is but i really need to fix it fast cuz my job depends on it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
(yes i know i should have made sure i could undo the refill bolt before emptying[:@])

 

You could go to an industrial speciality that sells bearings, etc. They have industrial strength metal repair products. You can probably find something where you glue the fill cap back on. You will need to thoroughly remove all of the oil in that area. Depending on the strength of the product it will be a pain to get the cap off again. There are also products that you coat the bolt with a material and put the glue on the female part. After an amount of set time the plug can be removed with new threads on the housing.

Oh wait is only the bolt stripped? Get a new one. If the threads are damaged in the housing you can run a tap carefully in there and restore the threads somewhat. You might need an oversize plug. You will need to flush very thoroughly to avoid debris in the case.

 

don't forget to buy a magnetic drain plug for your manual transmission case, when repairing it.

they'll be drilling the stripped bolt to get it out. I'm sure they'res going to be metal shavings in there afterward.

the metal drain plug will collect all the shavings down at the bottom of the transmission case.

 

you don't have to do anything with that bolt. Just fill it through where the speed sensor is at...

 

Really? Where abouts is the speed sensor located?

 

Look around the trans, it will be sticking out and has a wire coming out of it. SHould be the only part with a wire.

 

If anyone is curious i solved my problem. How? well let me tell you...When i emptied the tranny
the oil inside looked actually very clean which leads me to believe the previous owner (my sister)
had it changed before she handed over the keys. Who ever changed it last definitely did not fill it by
going through that "refill" bolt, so i searched for another way. I found what appeared to be that
speedo sensor (had wires coming out) but didnt wanna mess with that. I then noticed a small hose,
only 6 inches long not leading anywhere, exiting the tranny case. With no where else to go i decided
to risk it an pour a lil bit of oil down it an then watch the emptying hole at the bottom. What do you know...it started dripping out! woohoo! So i replaced the emptying bolt an then devised a way to feed all the oil into this tiny little hose. I ended up attaching another hose, which was clear, to lengthen it and then used capillary action to suck the oil out of the bottle. It was going incredibly slow, but some progress is better than none. I then looked for ways to increase the efficiency of my method. I could judge this by taking the hose out of the bottle for a quick second and then track the speed of the air bubble down the clear section of hose. In the end i had the bottle raised as high as possible, with a heater blowing hot air to thin the oil (its cold up here in canada) into a perfect sized box for insulating the bottle. Oh and i had to pull the hose off the tranny quite frequently to relieve the air pressure, as the only hole had oil being drained into it.

The whole process, not including over night (couldnt relieve air pressure while sleeping), took approx
12-13 hours. The worst part is that i didnt have to do any of this in the first place. [:@]

 

J/W how you knew when it was full? Normally you fill the trans until oil starts coming out of the fill hole.

 

He put back the same oil he drained At least how I understood this

 

I found the specs on the capacity of the tranny (1.9L or 1.8qt) an filled it with new mobil 1 synthetic.