I'm Back! '90 GTUs

[RETed]

Originally Posted by FC Zach

It doesn't need to be overflowing, there just needs to be some in there. . I assumed that with the cars age it would have been dry

Actually, Mazda does not fill the shifter extension housing with any fluid from the factory...
So, all stock cars which have never had the transmission serviced should be dry.

IIRC, even the FSM does not instruct you to do so?

Most of us do - it doesn't hurt anything.
One negative is that if you DON'T have good shift boot covers (all THREE of them! - well, at least the most expensive, inner one with the metal flange), it's going to make a mess!


-Ted