Has anyone done a DIY on a MTF change?

[kinosh]

2008 Fit Sport

The shop manual says to change it at Maintenance Minder 3 (whatever that means in miles). There's a drain plug and filler plug. Checking the level seems easy, draining seems easy, but how do you fill? Turkey baster?

[kenchan]

i think redline has those pumps you can use. it's similar to the shampoo pump griot's sells.

or try this new funnel.

[kenchan]

or better yet, find something like this...

[sonicsc1]

i had to use two tranny funnels to get the fluid in but i will be useing a diffent method next time haha i jacked up the driver side remove wheel crack the bolt pan lowerd the car drain out then jack up again funnel it in slowly and rebolt think only 1.6 quarts

[Buzzbomb]

I used a funnel with a long flexible tube stuck on the end. It was long enough to get into the engine bay. It was a pain but it worked.

[polaski]

I wish there was a way to pull the VSS easily. That method was always king but on this car it's such a reach.

Will be trying soon. Hopefully I can come up with something creative. I hate side fill plugs.

[doctordoom]

you can also buy a pump with a small hose attached to it. it's very much like the pumps that are attached to ordinary hand soap containers, except larger and with a small hose from which fluid is dispensed. i forget where i got mine from, but it was probably pep boys; you could probably get it at any automotive store though. you just screw it onto the MTF container and stick the hose into the fill hole, then pump lol.

[gimme]

this is a question i dont have the answer for, nor have i seen it....how many quarts should I buy for a manual transmission fluid change?

[polaski]

Book says 1.6 qt for a change or 1.7 if you take the case apart. Round up

I had trouble with my last on-the-bottle pump. The straw going into the quart was about 2" off the bottom so I always had to keep extra fluid handy to take up that space. Good idea though, I forgot about this little contraption.

[gimme]

Thanks Polaski, I appreciate it