Vivek's Vert.

[FunfGan]

^ I used that pump to put fluid in my t5. It fell into itself literally 3 pumps in. I then bought one at half the price and have used it much since.

[Vivek]

Yeah it looks like a piece of crap. Hopefully it'll last through two more quarts. It does say "lifetime warranty" on the package though...not sure how hard it is to actually get another for free.

[FunfGan]

Hopefully it works better for you hahah. And I guarantee you won't get anywhere unless you can speak Chinese.

[$hane]

maybe im just lazy but i use this. takes about 45sec.

[MattAvino]

^thats pretty cool.

On the manual steering, did you pack the rack with grease?

[Vivek]

Nope. There's no need to. The PS fluid is just for the hydraulic transfer of energy assisted by the PS pump. The rack itself is internally self-lubricated.

At least that's what I've heard.

[5Toes]

Wait why do are you talking about breaking tranny bolts free then post up atf pic???

[CHIF8008]

tranny drain bolts 5toes

hope your not replacing ALL of the ATF fluid. thats a no no. the new fluid wil act as sandpaper and tear up the inside of your tranny

[Vivek]

Huh? What's wrong with replacing all the fluid? And g240's (at least some of them) use atf. Mine had ATF in it.

[CHIF8008]

oops its a manual tranny? it actually says to not change the fluid in manual trannys right on the side of them. i thought you had a auto.

and for your question. read what i put- all new ATF will tear up a old tranny/ shorten its life very quickly. ATF is very abrasive

[Vivek]

So how is all old ATF better? Should I have mixed old and new (already drained it...)?

[5Toes]

Yeah drain bolts is what I meant, it was pretty obvious

Manual transmissions dont use atf I thought? G260's dont.. I know that.

ATF is no where near thick enough for a manual tranny. ATF is a type of hydraulic fluid, it is not designed primarily to lubricate.. like manual tranny fluid.

EDIT: well I find this weird g240s use atf. I was wrong

[Vivek]

Are you sure about all this? There was no sticker to never change it, and I've never heard that before. I've also never heard of not replicating all the fluid and I've looked through a million threads on this...you're scaring me :o

And andrew...no clue why but yes it uses ATF. What I drained out was pink and smelled like atf. And there's a bright orange sticker on the bottom that says something like "ATF-OIl ONLY!".

[CHIF8008]

you usually use 2/3 new oil or something like that. been awhile since my auto tranny class. Places that sell "tranny flushes" are full of crap and only ruin cars

[Vivek]

It's not an auto though..?