Manually Tranny Fill Plug glazed/weled to case!
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08-17-2009, 10:28 AM
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Manually Tranny Fill Plug glazed/weled to case!
Hi Everyone,
New to posting here but long time lurker.
Got an '89 I6 (3 months now) and have been doing all the fluid changes (I sure some of you know how fun it is doing these things in the driveway when it's 100 degrees out).
Got to the tranny. Drain plug now problem. First observation was "Wow - the Mercon is filthy...how's long has it been?".
Let it drain for 30 minutes then screwed the plug back in.
Then went to the fill plug. Socket wouldn't work, wrench wouldn't work. Looked closer and noticed a silver braze around the lip of the plug towards the case. Looks like someone either welded or brazed the darn thing to the case!
Tried to tip the car up on the drivers side so I could maybe get some fluid in (20" raise) using ramps/blocks. No good. Tried from the rear - 20 inch lift - no good.
So now my question to anyone here (with much advanced gratitude I might add): Is my only move to drive/tap? All I need is enough rooom to add an aquarium air line as access. Was going to do the gravity method with the Mercon.
I miss my truck. Anyone here have similar experiences and if so what was your resolution?
Thanks in advance
/Ricache
New to posting here but long time lurker.
Got an '89 I6 (3 months now) and have been doing all the fluid changes (I sure some of you know how fun it is doing these things in the driveway when it's 100 degrees out).
Got to the tranny. Drain plug now problem. First observation was "Wow - the Mercon is filthy...how's long has it been?".
Let it drain for 30 minutes then screwed the plug back in.
Then went to the fill plug. Socket wouldn't work, wrench wouldn't work. Looked closer and noticed a silver braze around the lip of the plug towards the case. Looks like someone either welded or brazed the darn thing to the case!
Tried to tip the car up on the drivers side so I could maybe get some fluid in (20" raise) using ramps/blocks. No good. Tried from the rear - 20 inch lift - no good.
So now my question to anyone here (with much advanced gratitude I might add): Is my only move to drive/tap? All I need is enough rooom to add an aquarium air line as access. Was going to do the gravity method with the Mercon.
I miss my truck. Anyone here have similar experiences and if so what was your resolution?
Thanks in advance
/Ricache
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08-18-2009, 07:44 AM
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I'll post pics soon.
I ended up taking out the shifter and filling up the tranny that way. Not to bad. As I was taking out the shifter I thought back to the thread where someone on this forum had a problem and didn't know what gear they were in after they pulled the shifter..nightmare. Didn't want that to happen. I did that in my bug one time but it's a very simple shifting mechanism (just a socket). I put it in 2nd gear and then told my wife "hey - I put it in second" so i wouldn't forget.
Poured in the fluid then put the shifter back in. Took 3 tries to finally get it where it was "seated" and was in 2nd.
Tightened it up and took if for a test. Shifted a lot smoother than before.
Next in line - hopefully something that PO hasn't jury-rigged as well.
Thanks to any and all of you for your assistance.
/Ricache
I ended up taking out the shifter and filling up the tranny that way. Not to bad. As I was taking out the shifter I thought back to the thread where someone on this forum had a problem and didn't know what gear they were in after they pulled the shifter..nightmare. Didn't want that to happen. I did that in my bug one time but it's a very simple shifting mechanism (just a socket). I put it in 2nd gear and then told my wife "hey - I put it in second" so i wouldn't forget.
Poured in the fluid then put the shifter back in. Took 3 tries to finally get it where it was "seated" and was in 2nd.
Tightened it up and took if for a test. Shifted a lot smoother than before.
Next in line - hopefully something that PO hasn't jury-rigged as well.
Thanks to any and all of you for your assistance.
/Ricache
