Differential drain/refill Options

[valerit1]

Hi,


Any clever ideas ideas how to get there (with autimatic)?
Without tilting the car much otherwise it will refill incorrect.
(short of taking it to the shop, of course!)
Thanks,





Val

[celicamike]

The automatic doesn't really have a differential, I assume you mean the transmission itself. I drained and refilled the automatic transmission in my '95 ST a few months ago. You have to raise the car some to get under it, then you just remove the drain plug located under the transmission (don't forget that it must be warmed up a bit before by driving several miles; consult your repair manual). Then you just add new Automatic Transmission Fluid to the correct level, and don't forget to use the correct kind. It might also be a good idea to change the ATF filter cartridge like I did. To do this though you need to remove the pan and then take out the old filter, put in the new one, and replace the pan with a new gasket of course.

[valerit1]

The automatic doesn't really have a differential, I assume you mean the transmission itself. I drained and refilled the automatic transmission in my '95 ST a few months ago. You have to raise the car some to get under it, then you just remove the drain plug located under the transmission (don't forget that it must be warmed up a bit before by driving several miles; consult your repair manual). Then you just add new Automatic Transmission Fluid to the correct level, and don't forget to use the correct kind. It might also be a good idea to change the ATF filter cartridge like I did. To do this though you need to remove the pan and then take out the old filter, put in the new one, and replace the pan with a new gasket of course.

No - it does have a SEPARATE differential, located behind the transmission -
hard to get to!

[WannabeGT4]

Service Tech Manual at CelicaTech.com:
http://www.celicatech.com/imagearchive/bgb...vicing%20at.pdf

The ST doesn't have a seperate differential. However, our A140E equiped GTs do.

The easiest thing to do is jack up the whole car and put all for corners on jack stands to level it. Then either rig a hose and funnel to fill from the top or find a pump to fill it from the bottom. Or pay a shop $20 to do it for you.

[jackmorse]

if you can do it yourself provided you have the proper equipments, then i think there's no need to pay $20 for a service from a shop. you need to raise the car and then use a funnel to fill the refill. i think that's the easiest thing to do.

[trdproven]

The automatic doesn't really have a differential, I assume you mean the transmission itself. I drained and refilled the automatic transmission in my '95 ST a few months ago. You have to raise the car some to get under it, then you just remove the drain plug located under the transmission (don't forget that it must be warmed up a bit before by driving several miles; consult your repair manual). Then you just add new Automatic Transmission Fluid to the correct level, and don't forget to use the correct kind. It might also be a good idea to change the ATF filter cartridge like I did. To do this though you need to remove the pan and then take out the old filter, put in the new one, and replace the pan with a new gasket of course.

wrong, it does have a differential.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Oct 24, 2009 - 4:03 AM

[Spider77]

Yeah, there is one...I know cause I did it recently (and im glad I did.) Only thing is, the location of the fill plug sucks. And although it feels like its a hex key goes in the bolt, it dosent. I think its a 14mm bolt on the fill plug. And yes, it helps if the vehicle is level when you re fill. What I did was drop it down and raise the front end up a bit (as I was working at a bit of a slant). Get a hose that fit in a funnel, then threw the hose into the diff fill hole and wait to watch the ATF go churning down. Then fill the funnel up and do it till fluid ran out the hole. Over all not hard, just in a bad location.