I'm Back! '90 GTUs

[FC Zach]

Originally Posted by project86

Shoot.. it looked like it had enough in it. Looks like I'm making a trip to buy gear oil today then. Luckily its not hard to take apart all of that.

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

[project86]

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

agreed. According to mazdatrix it wasn't quite full enough but there was still a decent amount in there it seemed. The stock shifter didnt really feel notchy at all but it was like a floppy sausage. Now the new shifter is obviously nice and tight but also pretty notchy. Do you think adding more fluid will help that?

[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

[project86]

Originally Posted by RETed

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

Good to know Ted! Luckily before I ordered the short shifter (which comes with the inner boot) I checked the condition of the other boots as well. They were gone. So I now have all new boots down there

[FC Zach]

Originally Posted by RETed

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

Very interesting. . . I thought I had read somewhere (don't remember where though) that it needs oil poured in it. Good to know, thanks.

Just checked my old Haynes manual I use (I knew I wasn't making this up lol) and found that instruction. .

[RETed]

Originally Posted by FC Zach

Just checked my old Haynes manual I use (I knew I wasn't making this up lol) and found that instruction. .
[img]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7452/26525876970_3b57e43360_k.jpg[img]

Haynes?
What's that?



-Ted