3rd gen manual transmission drain and fill

Question just to confirm on the manual transmission u don’t need to do the temperature check for fluid level ? Just drain and fill ? Did some research here and all I see is just draining and filling . On the auto requires some temperature check for levels.

 

Nope, just drain and refill. Make sure to pull the fill plug first too.

 

What previous post wrote, but make sure it is GL-4 grade gear oil for manual transmission. GL-5 will melt brass syncros.

 

Recommend you use the Ford magic elixir!

Ford Fluid

$31 XT-M5-QS Full Synthetic Manual Transmission Fluid - 1 Quart , black

XT-M5-QS

 

how many miles on ole girl??

 

24mm sockets and crush washers.

 

6 point, not 12.

 

Correct, MT doesn't heat up the gear oil to the point of affecting volume from thermal expansion. Change MT oil the same way as differential oil - when cold.

 

63k never done a flush on it so figure it’s about time .

 

Check this out

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405717442222

These come in handy for differential fluid and transfer case oil changes .
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2X

 

How good is this stuff compared to the Toyota fluids ?

 

All I can say is in my street class SCCA 96 Miata (which all early miatas had truck transmissions) I went from factory fill to Royal Purple to Redline to Ford. And stopped there. I raced technical courses with lots of shifting, up and down. Smooth mattered. Snick snick like soft butta.

You'll also note my post has a few likes, so someone else had found the magic too.

 

When I had the MT I thought it smoothed it out quite a bit vs stock fluid. I bought on RockAuto and is wasn't any more expensive than other GL-4 oils...

 

Far superior to the factory fill.

My transmission felt clunky, crunchy, was often difficult to get into first gear and I was conscious of the synchromesh "working", it wouldn't grind but you could feel it in the stick.

I changed to the Motorcraft fluid at 30K, the first trip around the block was an amazing change, now at 80K it still shifts nice and slick.


Motorcraft data sheet:

https://fcsdchemicalsandlubricants.com/products/transmission-fluid/productdetails?id=1

Rock Auto had the best price.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/parts/motorcraft,XTM5QS,transmission+fluid,13630

 

My 2017 TRD Sport manual with 48,000 miles shift pretty smooth. But, I'm tempted to switch out the transmission fluid with Motorcraft just based on the age.

 

I've got the Amsoil 75w90 GL-4 in both Tacomas now, but might have to try the Motorcraft next time. I just change it every 30k along with the differentials and transfer case.

Transmission: AMSOIL

$29 75W-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75W-90 Manual Transmission & Transaxle Gear Lube (GL-4)
Differentials: AMSOIL Severe Gear 75w-140
Transfer Case: Redline MT-LV (GL-4)

 

Which Redline were you running?

 

MT90.

It was good. Ford was better. IMHO of course. It completely solved any 2-1 downshift resistance