Dumb question

Lane, I use a pump that fits on almost any bottle or oil can. It's mainly used to pump the lower unit oil into an outboard motor through a flexible 1/4" tube They should be available at any marine supply store for not much money.

Not that easy to drain when you have a camber compensator. It blocks the drain hole.  After that, Bill Demeter helped me with mine.  We used a funnel with a hose. One person manning the hose and the other pouring into the funnel from above.

Lane,

 

Auto part stores have tube extensions that screw on the trans fluid bottle and you can squeeze the oil in - you may need an extra bottle because you can't get it all in w/ this method. I bought a 5.00 fluid pump from Harbor Freight tools that has a tube on each end and you can pump it right in - use it for all types of fluid if you clean it.

The above method works as well. 

Have a friend help you tip it on it's side. 

You're welcome.

A funnel joined to a piece of that semi stiff 1/2 " approx water line ( hose ) put in modern houses worked for me. Home Depot stuff. Taper or file down the male end to go into the tranny hole for a nice fit and it's a one man job.

Jack your car up level, so you can roll around under it.

 

Buy 4 qts of gear lube in the long-neck bottles that they sell everywhere with the little nipples on the end of the cap. Put about a 1 ft length of vinyl hose on the nipple of the lube bottle. Stick one end in the transaxle fill port, and point the bottle downhill on the other end. The bottle is lower than the fill hole, and fluids don't run uphill, so how do you get it in the transaxle?

 

Squeeze the bottle.

 

Once you can't get any more out by squeezing, open the next bottle and do the same thing. Once you've got two semi-empty bottles, put the contents together, and get down to one empty bottle. After you open 3 of them, put the oil in up to the bottom of the fill hole, and then transfer the residue in to your remaining bottle, you'll have about 1/3- 1/2 a bottle left.

 

Why the 4th bottle? Because I'm OCD, and I don't want to run out.

I just did it this afternoon. Put ass end up on jack stands, drained from both bottom plugs, removed side plug, gave self black eye when wrench broke on super tight side fill plug. took off drivers rear tire .Used a longer funnel sideways with a little downward slope and filled her up with 5.3 pints of synthetic 85/90 hypoid oil.

Fill slowly as oil is thick and doesn't go down quick. ( black eye not necessary)!

I just used the bottle, squeezed. Messy and took time but got it done. Better done in warmer weather, I think. 

Jeez I guess Stan beat me to it.

You guys are all too practical! I like Terry's method best; don't forget the big piece of foam (or single mattress). This way no extra tubing is needed and you don't scratch the door handle or hubcaps...

Buy the pump for the next time.  Short money and quick....leaves more time for driving....

I just use my pressure brake bleeder.  

 

I clean it out after every use anyway, so I fill it with 3 quarts of tranny oil, give it a few pumps and let'r rip.  Takes about a minute to fill and you can run the tube into the tranny a bit so it really is full when oil starts to run out the fill hole.  Easy-peasy

 

If the flow starts to slow down, just give it another pump or two.

A dumb question always requires at least one dumb answer. Way to stay with it, Al!

You gave me inspiration, Terry; I bow to the master...

A $12 garden sprayer. Cut the trigger sprayer off and pour the fluid in the tank

I save and use pumps from hand cleaner bottles. Push some vinyl tubing over the spout, put the other end thru the filler hole and start pumping away. I suck brake fluid out of master cylinder reservoirs with it too! Handy little devils!

 

~WB

Be sure you can remove the filler plug before you remove the drain plug.

 

I am a little amazed how many miles you have on it.

I pretty much park the BMW and use the Speedster most weekends unless it's raining.  Add to that seven trips to Carlisle (1500-2000 each) and six trips to the mountains (~900 each) and it builds up.  

You've passed me Lane.  Hoss is no longer the road warrior in the east.  I'm just a couple of hundred over 38K.  I guess I haven't been out driving enough. 

I haven't passed you yet, John.  When I say closing in on ~40k, that means I'm actually around 37k.  I'll probably catch you next year.