EDIT: I meant 5oz, not 5mL. And I found my workshop manual suggesting to fill to the bottom of the fill hole. See you in a few weeks, -Patrick C. 1880 On Jun 3, 2006, at 9:19 PM, PRC1216@xxxxxxx wrote: > Hi there, > I have the common seeping/weeping axle and I figured I might > as well top > off the manual tranny oil. I jacked the car up from the passenger > side, > took off the fill plug, and filled it with some 80W gear oil > (5mL). After I > lowered it down, I remembered someone's advice here that you know > you have enough > if you can stick your finger in and take it out with oil on it. > > My question, and probably a dumb one, does this rule apply > only when the > car is resting on 4 wheels? After I filled up with maybe 5mL of > oil, I > lowered the car. When I took the plug off the side, oil started > to trickle out > onto the ground. A nice little puddle formed before I could > thread the fill > screw back into the side. > > When I take the plug off the side, do I know I have too much oil if > it is > trickling out onto the ground when the car is level? Should I let > it come out > the side until it stops, and then plug it back up? Does that mean > I have > enough oil in the tranny? > > Thanks, your help is appreciated. I have no way of measuring how > much oil > is currently in there, however the fact that it is coming out the > side when the > plug is off may be an indicator. > > -Patrick C. > 1880 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http:// > groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/