DIY - changing your transmission fluid/oil, M/T 7afe Options

[delusionz]

Thanks alot for clearing that up for me blu94gt

[BonzaiCelica]

hmm only 3sge with vvt-i has helical lsd right?

and just to clear things up. 7afe celica with c52 tranny is 2.7 ltr, and 5sfe with s54 tranny is 3.5 ltr right????

[ksporry]

So how many liters for the 3S-GE tranny?
I have to say, my gear box isn't grinding at all, and I doubt the fluid has been changed, well, ever!
Only thing is that sometimes it is difficult to get into reverse. I need to declutch and clutch again. Honestly I don't think this is a sync or oil issue with my Celica. Reason why I think that is because every car i had with the same reverse selection method (i.e select far right low on the gear shift to select reverse), had the exact same issue. I'm currently driving an Almera as daily driver and that one is worse than the celica for selecting reverse. I had a rover 400 (same model as honda civic), which had the exact same issue. the only car that didn't have that isssue was a Passat I once had, but that had a push down mechanism to select reverse...

[delusionz]

3S-GE & 5S-FE use the same transmission, albeit at different ratios. I'd assume they have the same wet capacity.

3S-GE with VVT-i has nothing to do with whether LSD is equipped or not, and it's the TRD Mechanical LSD which is "Helical", Toyota OEM LSDs are Viscous.

Both SS-II & SS-III have the 3S-GE VVT-i (Beams) in 1998, Previously (1997 and earlier) both SS-II & SS-III had the older 3rd Gen 3S-GE (Silver top ACIS)

In all years SS-III always has Superstrut Suspension, Twin Piston Calipers, Viscous LSD & the latest 3S-GE engine of that year.

SS-II in all years only gets the latest 3S-GE engine but nothing else.

SS-I in all years only gets a piss poor 3S-FE which never received any improvements.

[e30og]

so when I change the fluid do I need to go through any procedure to make sure its ok, like shift through the gears before I drive it or something? or just drain and refill

[BonzaiCelica]

oh WOW! my gear were grinding when I was heel toeing from 3rd to 2nd. and they would also grind when I shifted into 2nd going to the top of 1st gear. I bought 3 quarts of Pennzoil Syncromesh and all the grinding noise was gone. so happy. This saved me the trouble of buying a used transmission

[thespacepanda]

Bringing this back from the dead, cuz I'm dead if I don't.
I don't need to flush my tranny but I do need to top up the fluids.
I was told by my mechanic that just replaced my clutch that some gear oil was lost.
He said I need to top up not just the tranny oil but the rear end fluid as well.
I am not familiar with GT's as this one is brand new for me.
Can anyone shed some light as to where the fill plug is on a 5s and what the rear end fluid is.
Halp.