30K throttle service

[ttufrosty]

What do you do at 11:00 pm on a Saturday night? Why change your manual transmission oil!

So, I got bored and decided it was time to change the tranny oil. I ended up using Royal Purple Max-Gear 75w-90. Besides stopping to take pictures (DIY coming soon) it was really pretty easy. 2 quarts of oil out, 2 quarts in. Before I changed the oil I drove around the block to warm up the oil for easier removal, and the gears were grinding a bit, a problem I have had for awhile. After putting in the new oil. It is hard to describe how smooth the changes are. I am looking forward to Monday morning and my normal work commute to really see the difference.

As I said I will put up a DIY sometime this week to help others out. Honestly, it is almost as easy as changing the normal motor oil.

[SDsurfrider]

Nice! I can't wait for the DIY! I am at the 20k mark so I am getting prepared for the next level maintenance type stuff.

[uncleyaris]

tt can't wait!!

[drifto]

Originally Posted by socko

you'll get lots of white smoke but if you drive the car 10 or so miles (running the RPM's up to about 4000 it will quickly burn off).

be careful with that fuel injector stuff guys, it heats the living crap out of your catalytic converter. its best to let it idle out for a while before you take off and hit high rpm. could set a misire code too (misfires are what overheats and kills your catalyic converter)

also our hydraulic clutch takes dot3 brake fluid. the clutch master cylinder works similarly to the brake master clyinder, thus same fluid.