Drain plug for 3.03 tranny?
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Drain plug for 3.03 tranny?
So my transmission has a very slow leak in it; it is slow enough that it is not leaking on the ground, but the entire bottom of the tyranny has a thin layer of a green fluid... Which is not 75W-90 gear oil.....
So this weekend I plan on draining....Whatever that is out of my tranny, flushing it, and refilling it. I can not, however, find the drain plug. I googled it and across the various truck and Mustang sites the answers have varied. Some placed said that the 3.03 doesn't have a drain plug.... Others have said that there is a female plug that requires a breaker bar to get out, and that it gets full of dirt and mud and gets hidden...
Now, I am asking the real experts: Where is the drain plug on the 3.03 tranny?
Also, is there a easy way to refill oil into the tranny? The drain plug seems pretty close to the bottom of the truck and looks difficult to get oil to. I was thinking of using one of those plumps you stick on the end of a cordless drill to pump oil back into tranny. That seems like my best bet.
Many thanks gentleman.
So this weekend I plan on draining....Whatever that is out of my tranny, flushing it, and refilling it. I can not, however, find the drain plug. I googled it and across the various truck and Mustang sites the answers have varied. Some placed said that the 3.03 doesn't have a drain plug.... Others have said that there is a female plug that requires a breaker bar to get out, and that it gets full of dirt and mud and gets hidden...
Now, I am asking the real experts: Where is the drain plug on the 3.03 tranny?
Also, is there a easy way to refill oil into the tranny? The drain plug seems pretty close to the bottom of the truck and looks difficult to get oil to. I was thinking of using one of those plumps you stick on the end of a cordless drill to pump oil back into tranny. That seems like my best bet.
Many thanks gentleman.
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I googled your question and here's what I came up with. I hope it helps.
The FORDification.com Forums ? View topic - ford 3.03 question
The FORDification.com Forums ? View topic - ford 3.03 question
Seems like an odd design.
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I just happen to have a 3.03 transmission sitting on my work bench that i was getting ready to replace some gaskets in . So i just now took a look at it. It has a fill plug on the right side about 1/2 way up that has a square head on it . Some have a little square hole down in it . To drain it you just remove the bolt at the rear of the trany that holds the rear housing on . Some of them may have drain plugs, but that way will work. Another way is to use a suction hand pump if you have one. Pulling the bolt out is the easy way and the way i have done it on other transmissions.
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I just happen to have a 3.03 transmission sitting on my work bench that i was getting ready to replace some gaskets in . So i just now took a look at it. It has a fill plug on the right side about 1/2 way up that has a square head on it . Some have a little square hole down in it . To drain it you just remove the bolt at the rear of the trany that holds the rear housing on . Some of them may have drain plugs, but that way will work. Another way is to use a suction hand pump if you have one. Pulling the bolt out is the easy way and the way i have done it on other transmissions.
Out of curiosity, what are you putting back in it fluid wise?
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Jeremy Kamutzki
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