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Title: transmission fluid?
Post by: lazybone on June 09, 2016, 10:13:46 AM
25xp engine.
How much ATF fluid goes in our transmission.
I just drain my fluid and would like to refill with the right amount and compare it to the amount that came out.

Please

Edit:  Why didn't you check the level on the dipstick first, you ask?   Because I'm a big Dummy.
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: Mick Laver on June 09, 2016, 01:05:25 PM
On my 30's M25XP I put in about 270ml.
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: lazybone on June 09, 2016, 02:32:48 PM
Thanks Mick, 
I removed and refilled with about 280ml.
Measurered  spot on the dipstick.
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: Stu Jackson on June 09, 2016, 07:35:18 PM
Quote from: lazybone on June 09, 2016, 10:13:46 AM
25xp engine.
How much ATF fluid goes in our transmission.
.....................
.....................Because I'm a big Dummy.

No dummies allowed.   :clap :clap :clap :D :D :D

Please look at the sticky "101 Topics."

In there is a link to "Transmissions 101" that has pictures of not only how to do it, which you've already done, but how to measure and refill.  It includes pictures I took of what I removed and how I figured how to know how much to put back in, for starters.

Then you use the dipstick and roll it on a paper towel to check the level.

There's also the Hurth manual in the Tech wiki.

Not so hard.

Good luck.
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: Ron Hill on June 10, 2016, 09:21:21 AM
Caio : To answer your question
QuoteHow much fluid goes into the transmission?

Answer : Unscrew the dipstick, clean it OFF, reinsert dip stick (not rescrewing it back IN ) and have fluid level to mark on dipstick.

A thought
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: Ron Hill on June 10, 2016, 09:28:45 AM
Caio : If you measure the amount of fluid you remove, then it's easy to add that same amount of new fluid and be "right on"!!

A thought
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: Ralph Masters on June 10, 2016, 11:05:59 AM
The Huth manual tells me to put in .4 liters, or 400 milliliters. A standard water bottle is 500 ml, so its not quit a bottle full.

Ralph
376/1987
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: lazybone on June 11, 2016, 09:28:42 AM
Quote from: Ron Hill on June 10, 2016, 09:21:21 AM
Caio : To answer your question
QuoteHow much fluid goes into the transmission?

Answer : Unscrew the dipstick, clean it OFF, reinsert dip stick (not rescrewing it back IN ) and have fluid level to mark on dipstick.

A thought

I forgot to look at the dipstick before I drained it.
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: lazybone on June 11, 2016, 09:32:21 AM
Quote from: Ralph Masters on June 10, 2016, 11:05:59 AM
The Huth manual tells me to put in .4 liters, or 400 milliliters. A standard water bottle is 500 ml, so its not quit a bottle full.

Ralph
376/1987

I'm guessing that because the trans sits at an angle toward the dipstick it reads a higher level than actual.
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: britinusa on June 12, 2016, 02:26:32 PM
I'll ask..

Is there any harm in the level being just above the dipstick marking?  I checked my Tx fluid level and it was barely at the lower tip of the dipstick (resting on the thread) and when I put in fluid in several small amounts using a syringe. The final input put the level about 1/4" above the dip stick mark.

Should I suck it back out?

Paul
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: Ron Hill on June 12, 2016, 02:54:30 PM
Paulo : A bit over full is OK.  Just don't be a bit low!! 

A thought
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: Stu Jackson on June 12, 2016, 03:35:19 PM
Pul, I agree with Ron.  I did just what you did last time, been running fine for the past 100 hours, time to change it again soon.
Title: Re: transmission fluid?
Post by: britinusa on June 13, 2016, 03:19:36 AM
Thanks Guys.

Paul