 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Pontiac / Pontiac Fiero / January 2006Transaxle fluid
Hi guys, Anybody know how much fluid the 88 5 speed Muncie holds? The Chilton's book claims 2 quarts but I am barely on the stick with that and need to go buy more! how much? Wonder what else is wrong in that book. Thanks -- From the rocky shores of the Skykomish river David Bosworth http://www.premier1.net/~daveb/hovercrafts.html > Hi guys, Anybody know how much fluid the 88 5 speed Muncie holds? The > Chilton's book claims 2 quarts but I am barely on the stick with that and > need to go buy more! how much? Wonder what else is wrong in that book. > > Thanks IIRC it's something like just under 4 quarts of Synchromesh. You can get it at AutoZone IIRC under the Valvoline or Pennzoil brand, don't use anything else. JazzMan  Signature********************************************************** Please reply to jsavage"at"airmail.net. Curse those darned bulk e-mailers! ********************************************************** "Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry ********************************************************** -- From the rocky shores of the Skykomish river David Bosworth http://www.premier1.net/~daveb/hovercrafts.html > > Hi guys, Anybody know how much fluid the 88 5 speed Muncie holds? The > > Chilton's book claims 2 quarts but I am barely on the stick with that and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > JazzMan Thanks, I could not come up with Synchromesh here. Have you heard anything about Royal Purple Synchromax synthetic? I am two quarts into it now, all the stores that carry it are closed! I even sunk so low I went to Shucks looking for the stuff! Most of the info I have gotten said to use 5W30 motor oil Which I am pretty sure was what I drained out but doing a search online I discovered that the synthetic was what was needed for the 88 tranny. I hope I don't need to drain it out again! Here is a link to there site if you are at all interested http://royalpurple.com/ Thanks again. When the 'books' were all written way back then - Synchromesh didn't exist! All the bulletins since then have said to use it. > Most of the info I have gotten said to use 5W30 motor oil Which I am > pretty > sure was what I drained out but doing a search online I discovered that > the > synthetic was what was needed for the 88 tranny. I hope I don't need to > drain it out again! > -- > From the rocky shores of the Skykomish river [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Thanks again. If it's not Synchromesh it's not Synchromesh. GM carries it but its ten bucks a quart there. The motor oil was the old specification for the four speeds, the Getrag five speeds always used Synchromesh. GM later updated the spec for the four speeds to Synchromesh as well. Check with AutoZone, if they don't stock it they should be able to order it. JazzMan Signature********************************************************** Please reply to jsavage"at"airmail.net. Curse those darned bulk e-mailers! ********************************************************** "Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry ********************************************************** -- From the rocky shores of the Skykomish river David Bosworth http://www.premier1.net/~daveb/hovercrafts.html > > -- > > From the rocky shores of the Skykomish river [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > JazzMan Well dang! Syncromax is 9 bucks a quart, it took something under 3 to fill it up. The company claims it can replace Synchromesh in my tranny. I am not being argumentative nor claiming any knowledge about this and hope no one reads anything like that into my posts. I suppose lots of companies make all kinds of claims about there products some true some not. 30 bucks is not enough to get worked up about so I will try and get the Synchromesh and change it out again. You sound adamant about it, I don't know, and I joined this list to get opinions from knowledgeable Fiero folks so I would be a fool not take your advice! but I will ask the guys at the dealer what they think when I go in to get it. Is there a decent manual for these cars? That Chilton's is going in the trash! Thanks > -- > From the rocky shores of the Skykomish river [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] > Is there a decent manual for these cars? That Chilton's is going in the > trash! Sorry, I came off hostile and didn't mean it. :) If the company claims it's compatible with Syncromesh then it will probably do fine. The main problems with non-compatible fluids are cold weather shifting and wear on the blocker rings. The, I think it's Valvoline, Synchromesh is the same as the GM stuff and it's sold at the AutoZones around here for half the GM price, about $5/quart. JazzMan Signature********************************************************** Please reply to jsavage"at"airmail.net. Curse those darned bulk e-mailers! ********************************************************** "Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry ********************************************************** > Well dang! Syncromax is 9 bucks a quart, it took something under 3 to fill > it up. The company claims it can replace Synchromesh in my tranny. I am not [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks Having never seen the stuff all I can say is, if the Royal Purple is thick, like gear oil, it won't work. The synchromesh stuff is a very lite oil, for a trany fluid. It is about the same viscosity cold as 5-w30 engine oil is when it is hot. The factory (Helms) manual is the only decent Fiero manual I've ever seen. The Chilton and Haynes ones are useless. I do have a Haynes S-10 book and it is more useful working on the Fiero then the Fiero ones. (Its aslo more than twice as thick.) Signature======================================== Todd Zuercher mailto:tzuercher@earthlink.net ======================================== -- From the rocky shores of the Skykomish river David Bosworth http://www.premier1.net/~daveb/hovercrafts.html > > Well dang! Syncromax is 9 bucks a quart, it took something under 3 to fill > > it up. The company claims it can replace Synchromesh in my tranny. I am not [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Todd Zuercher > mailto:tzuercher@earthlink.net The stuff is very thin. Helms, I have been hearing of that, rather expensive but you get what you pay for most of the time! > Helms, I have been hearing of that, rather expensive but you get what you > pay for most of the time! Helms Publishing is the publishing house under contract with GM to print their service manuals. GM is not in the printing business so they sub that out to Helms. Helms also prints manuals for most of the other major car makers too. JazzMan Signature********************************************************** Please reply to jsavage"at"airmail.net. Curse those darned bulk e-mailers! ********************************************************** "Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry ********************************************************** BTW - it's "Helm" not "Helms" :) And since nobodies mentioned it (or I missed it!) www.helminc.com >> Helms, I have been hearing of that, rather expensive but you get what you >> pay for most of the time! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > business so they sub that out to Helms. Helms also prints > manuals for most of the other major car makers too. Pennzoil is the maker of the Syncromesh Fluid. I believe they also make it for GM, but it's sold under the Pennzoil brand name at Auto Zone and Advance Auto. Takes about 2.7 quarts to fill the Getrag. I paid $6 or $7 a quart. Chilton's used to be the repair Bible, but has declined in quality. Haynes makes a pretty good book for the home mechanic. Just make sure you get the thickest one on the shelf. I know of at least 3 versions by Haynes, with the thinnest one being less than what you'd find in the factory owners manual. > BTW - it's "Helm" not "Helms" :) > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > business so they sub that out to Helms. Helms also prints > > manuals for most of the other major car makers too. Since we changed to manuals on this one, I like the Helm manual as well but I also found on E-bay, someone selling the helm manual diagrams on CD. I use that to print the page that I need when working on the car so I can get it dirty and keep my helm manual clean. It was sold by Blueskiesandtailwinds (user name) if you are interested. I think I got it for around $25.00. It seems to be the same as the helm manual for pictures but no info like disassembly or specs. BTW I put the dealer fluid (per my mechanic) in mine at about $10.00 per qt with no problems here. The shifting still gets sticky in the cold though (below zero), so it's a warm weather driver only for me. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.