UPDATE - Manual Transmission Fluid Change

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Big Brother - 01 Jul 2006 23:25 GMT

Thanks to all who responded to the original post several days ago..
with advice and hints.

I did the flush and fill myself today..

2 quarts of Honda fluid cost me $10.60
Both washers cost me $2.45

$13.05 plus tax with probably 45 minutes of my time instead of the
dealer charge of $75.00..

Took it out for a test drive..No sounds, no shifting problems..

BTW..Even though I filled the MT with all of the two quarts it still did
not run back out of the fill plug.

I measured what I drained out and it was 2 quarts plus maybe 3-4 ounces.

I'll contemplate whether to buy another quart to top off or leave it as
it is..

Thanks again,

Rich

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John Horner - 03 Jul 2006 16:32 GMT

> I measured what I drained out and it was 2 quarts plus maybe 3-4 ounces.
>
> I'll contemplate whether to buy another quart to top off or leave it as
> it is..

Spend the $5 and top it off. Save the balance for use with your next
change. You really don't want to skimp on this!

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Michael Pardee - 03 Jul 2006 19:44 GMT

>> I measured what I drained out and it was 2 quarts plus maybe 3-4 ounces.
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> Spend the $5 and top it off. Save the balance for use with your next
> change. You really don't want to skimp on this!

Two bad things can happen. The first one is pretty likely: shifting into one
or more gears will become difficult, especially when cold. That will also
translate into more wear on the synchros... never a good thing. The second
one, broken or scored gears, isn't as likely but something I'd gladly buy
another quart of MTL for.

Mike

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