alrighty.. its about that time to change the transmission fluid i believe.. not really sure how to do it though.. haha.. so of course i need a little direction here.. also, when replacing the fluid.. what fluid do i use? can i use a synchromesh.. i think i may need it.. my gears feel kinda mushy when shifting

91 Toyota 5speed 22r-e

 

Before draining out the old fluid make sure you can break the fill bolt on the driver's side loose. Nothing worse than having an empty transmission and no way to put fluid back in it lol. Refill with gear oil.

Rob

 

find fill plug, make sure you can take that off BEFORE you drain the fluid, cuz if you cant fill it then you are HOSED. fill the tranny with about 3.2ish quarts of 75W90 gear lube *can usually get at Napa or CarQuest, what ever your preference is.
as far as where the fill and drain plugs are.... idk, someone is bound to tell you later lol
good luck man

 

sorry for the thread jack, but is this something that the average person can do without help?

cause im not sure if mine has ever been changed...

 

Typically yes, no different than changing engine oil. No filter needed, just fluid and usually an in-bottle pump to get the fluid into the filler hole:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/4R_TechInfo.shtml#Fluids

 

OH!! and dont forget the impact with a 24mm 6 point
cuz a breaker bar WILL strip out the head and now i get to have fun with a hammer, chissle, vise grips, and a 24 pack lol

 

Uhm. No! Don't use an impact on those bolts! they don't hold the friggen truck together.

 

yea.. i'm aware of the fill plug thing... i made the mistake of draining the fluid in my Honda first so it created a vacuum on my fill plug.. was a pita to get out

so 3.2 qrts of 75W90 .. do they sell a synchromesh in that weight? and yea.. a little direction as to where the drain and fill plugs are..

 

would a synchromesh even work in this tranny?? would the regular tranny fluid get rid of the mushiness of the gears

 

It is a syncromesh transmission, so as long as the oil is GL-4 rated, it will work fine, I like Redline MT-90 in mine:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/index.sh...ntheticGearOil

 

thanks a lot... now where do i find the drain/fill plugs? .. hah

 

drain plug is right underneath the tranny..
the fill one is on the drivers side kinda on the upper left hand area no?

you can just fill it from the top, take out you shifter stick, and you can fill it from there i belive

 

thanks for the reply.. when i get a chance i'll go outside and check it out.. should be too hard to find

 

yeah, the factory service manual has it in there somewhere, you can refer to that to