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Transmission Flush for 1999 v6 5spd

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by seanmama, Jan 8, 2019.

  1. Jan 8, 2019 at 7:56 AM
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    seanmama

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    Planning on doing a full fluid flush on my 1999 tacoma. Its a 4wd v6 5 spd transmission. All the threads I've read on here is about automatic transmissions an i was wondering if there is a difference in the two. My truck has 132k on it an i bought it from the original owner a year ago an I'm not too sure if it had a regular flush at its 30k intervals. I'm no expert but if its something i can do my self that is not too complicsted im willing to give it a try to save some $$. There is some skeptical saying a full flush is not worth doing because i could ruin the transmission but those stated for AT is that true for MT as well? Can anybody give me some advice?? Thanks!
     
  2. Jan 8, 2019 at 8:01 AM
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    The manual transmission fluid is just gear oil. Your owner's manual will tell you weight, specification, and quantity. There will be a fill plug and a drain plug on your transmission. Open the fill plug (to make sure it's not stuck and so the draining doesn't glug), then open the drain plug. It'll just take a couple of minutes to drain it all out. Then replace the drain plug and fill it back up. Filling is easier with a pump that screws onto the oil bottle. You can get it all at your local parts store.

    No danger to a manual transmission doing this.
     
  3. Jan 8, 2019 at 8:10 AM
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    Change the MT gear oil at will, no worries with those as there are with the AT.

    Recommended oil here on TW is Redline MT-90. Did the change on my 99 with over 315k miles on it and the transmission shifts great.
     
  4. Jan 8, 2019 at 11:43 AM
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    One of the benefits of a manual trans, there's no need to do a flush...just drain it and fill her up.
     
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  6. Jan 8, 2019 at 11:54 AM
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    The process is similar to doing a fluid change on your differential which is nice to know if you haven't done that before.

    Great posts here already, but heres a video that shows how to change the trans fluid on a manual taco as reference:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDNYzMONxEk
     
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  7. Jan 8, 2019 at 12:30 PM
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  8. Jan 8, 2019 at 1:37 PM
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    Just warm the fluid up and dump it out :) Redline MT-90 in my 98 V6 5 speed as well. Shifts fantastic!
     
  9. Jan 8, 2019 at 6:30 PM
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    Right on thanks for all the info guys! Will be ordering some redline mt-90 an as soon as it comes in i will change out the fluid.
     

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