[DeTomaso] zf tranny fluid swap - allen wrench

[SEL]

thanks all - walking blind is slow and painful - OK Gray, well I tried Sears first and the only thing they had was an allen key - so not wanting to waste time, I bought that - I was looking for a hex in a socket, but they didn't stock it - came home and cut off a one and half inch piece and used it with a socket for the drain plug - hey...even a blind squirrel finds an acorn on occassion! - a few days ago, in anticipation of this, I went to to buy fluids - the store's 75-90 was not full synthetic (which someone had recommended) - they had a 75-140 which was - read the label - they were both made to meet the same api spec, so I bought it - as some of you with kids might identify with, the drain happened hours ago...then reality struck...now I am coming back to this - so:

1. is this the wrong fluid? - even if a 75-90 or 75-80 would have been better, will this stuff hurt?

2. I have a type - 2 (it appears) - and I now see the fill plug (17mm) on the driver side - out of curiousity, what is the small plug on the top, right, back corner of the unit - it has a square top (male) - looks around 10-11mm in size - is this what Chuck's notes refer to as an earlier model also having a top load option?

3. Chuck's notes refer to a dipstick - if there is one on this unit, where is it?


thanks again! stephen 


----- Original Message ----
From: Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>
To: Visit ProvaMo.com <pantera007 at sbcglobal.net>; SEL <edlebby at yahoo.com>; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2007 7:27:05 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] zf tranny fluid swap - allen wrench


I cut about a 1 1/2" piece off the end of a 17mm allen wrench and use
that w/ a socket and ratchet for the drain plug and with a ratchet
wrench for the fill plug on the side. Works great!

Gray

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of Visit ProvaMo.com
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 1:49 PM
To: SEL; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] zf tranny fluid swap - allen wrench

17MM.

You may need to cut the wrench down to clear the tranny housing,
remember
that as you thread it out, space get less!
That is why I sell a stubby drain/fill socket!

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
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Behalf Of SEL
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:27 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] zf tranny fluid swap - allen wrench

have a 5/8 allen that seems a bit too small for the drain plug to the ZF
does anyone happen to know the "correct" size for that plug? - many
thanks
in advance - stephen
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