Transmission Fluid, Easiest Way to Fill It? Options

[martinef1963]

I drained my transmission oil a long, long time ago and now am getting to want to fill'er up again.

However, there is not a lot of room - is there a "member" in the forum that has mastered / perfected the art of filling the transmission easily - without wasting half of good Swepco Transmission oil on the garage floor?

thanks,

Fern

[JawjaPorsche]

The gear oil that comes a container with a nozzle at top and goes right into the top fill port of the tranny is not hard to do. What I do is position the container near the hole before removing the cap and stick it in immediately in the hole. (That sounds dirty!) I squeeze and resqueeze the container until empty. I thought I was going to make a mess and have gear oil waste but there is very little mess.

Note: You need to have the car level. In fact, I can do it without jacking up the car. There is enough room from the rear of the 914 to fill it from.

I usually put my flat waste oil change catcher under the tranny to catch drips but an old rag will do or just use a piece of cardboard.