[DeTomaso] zf tranny fluid swap - allen wrench

[SEL]

many thanks - off I go...


----- Original Message ----
From: John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
To: SEL <edlebby at yahoo.com>; Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>; Visit ProvaMo.com <pantera007 at sbcglobal.net>; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2007 8:21:41 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] zf tranny fluid swap - allen wrench


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

I'd recommend the thicher stuff that you purchased; although, you will be 
fine with either.  I recommend the thicker synthetic for mor gear shock 
protection.
>
> 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?

No, that is a detent for the side shifter shaft.  The side hole will be your 
fill hole.  Jack the car up in the rear as high as possible and then fill 
till it spills over.  Jacking up the rear permits you to get in more fluid 
and the hole on level grounds spill out about .5 liter shy I'd approximate.
>
> 3. Chuck's notes refer to a dipstick - if there is one on this unit, where 
> is it?

Probably not.  Some ZFs had one.  Although I have never seen one outside a 
picture.  Also, some ZFs to have a topside fill hole in the rear case on the 
smooth section on the driver side.

JT