[FC] Tranny fluid

[Andrew Sego]

Thats not quite specific enough...... but "may" be correct for that van
   
  From the 61 service manual
   
  61 Trans - 1.9 pints
  61 Diff - 3.1 pints
   
  From 62 -63 supplement
   
  62-63 3 speed trans -3 pints
  62-63 4 speed trans -3.75 pints
   
  62 Diff -3.1 pints
  63 Diff -4.5 pints
   
   
  I just rebuilt my transaxle. 61-63 car 4 speed and 64 diff.  Both units were bone dry. I filled them at ride height.  It took a full 4 quarts to fill just under the bottom of the fill holes. That's 8 pints.  My math says it should have taken 8.25 pints.   It it desirable to fill them to about 1/8" under the fill holes.  This makes it a little easier for the axle seals and input shaft seal to do thier jobs. Overfilling CAN cause a greasy clutch.
   
  I can understand the 3 and 4 speed being different capacities.  The 61 manual does not differentiate between 3 and 4 speed capacities.  I would think the 61 4 speed would be the same as 62-63.  I have no idea why a 61-62 differential capacity would be different than a 63-64.  I assume a 64 is the same as 63 because of how much I had to put in my transaxle. If you only drained them and did not disassemble them the amount to fill would be less.
   
  But forget the math.  Just fill each to the bottom edge of the fill holes or just under them. Use high quality gear oil.  If you have the transaxle sealed up well it will be in there for a long time.
   
  Regards,
  Andrew Sego
  

Merv Krull <krupross at sunwave.net> wrote:
  1.9 pints for the tranny and 3.1 pints for the transaxle of Castrol Syntec 
70-90 gear lube...:-)
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" 
To: "TiM M" ; 
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Tranny fluid


> Fill to bottom of filler hole, probably a couple of quarts if empty to 
> start. Probably not over 3 quarts.
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "TiM M" 
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 6:53 PM
> Subject: [FC] Tranny fluid
>
>
> My transmission went south on me last week while I was going north. I have 
> a rebuilt tranny ready to go in and plan on tackling this job along with 
> the clutch on Sunday. The only thing I don't have yet is the tanny fluid. 
> I've been unable to locate my manual since I moved my office. How much 
> fluid does the 4 speed transmission take? I'm hoping to get it back 
> together and running on Sunday. If everything goes well I should have it 
> at the Fanbelt Toss the following weekend.
>
> TiM
>
> '61 electric Rampside
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