Re: manual trans fluid

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <19990113224753.13243.qmail@hotmail.com> "Joe Malis" writes:

> after consulting my Bentley, I went under my '84 Quantum <VW> to change
> the manual tranny fluid...well, here's the problem, the nut to the out
> and the in are the same size...really really unusually large hex wrentch
> size...the width it about the length of the first knuckle on yer
> thumb...where I go to get this changed? Dealer? can I buy a wrench that
> big? any suggestions?

17mm Allen.  Absolute Ultimate Best Ever Tool is FACOM D.107-17.

Don't fall for the 'sucker' trick.  The back of the drain plug (the
lower one) is immersed in oil, and therefore easier to shift than the
filler plug.  DON'T FALL FOR IT!  Make sure you can shift the filler
plug before even touching the drain plug.  It helps if you scratch out
the years of crap with a pointy tool of some kind, and it _may_ help
to tap home whatever driver you use with a light hammer.  Take great
care in seating the driver before applying force.

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 Phil Payne
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