last night I finally switched my tranny gear oil to amsoil
but of course I drive a stick
and today I took my boo for a ride
where before I had nothing but problems
now first gear was so much easier a glide
second gear was like butter parkay
and third I can hit with ease
by fouth gear I was grinning like a maniac
and at fifth I blew by the police
oh gawd did he see me?? lemme slow the hell down
I no longer need both to hands to put her in reverse
my throws are quick what more could I want
this is my ode to amsoil
you know you like it....don't front!!



thanks Mark/iwannabmw my local amsoil rep

and also thanks to Russ for the excellent writeup/instructions

to the both of you!!

No for me?




We strive to care for our ladies here.

Or me?

you can have kisses too!!

and you get two

Bill and Jeff =

Back at ya

I notice you didn't receive any kisses.....



Bitter perhaps?

You crack me up,.....

I do what I can

would you like an ode for my maxspeeds??

I went to have my tires rotated today and the drop is so friggin spectacular that they thought I had 17's

the guy at the shop actually had to go out and look at the tire size cause he didn't believe they were only 15's hehehehehe

maxspeeds rule!!!

I have 23K miles, and I feel the throws are a little rougher. How do I go about changin the fluid, and after what mileage it needs to be done?
Thanks

I just reached 20K (woo hoo) and decided that was an appropriate time for myself.

the instructions can be found here

http://boostedmaximas.com/howto/trannymt90.html

Unless the car is used for some towing, there is no specified interval. I would still recommend 30K intervals with petroleum gear oils. If you were to put Amsoil in the car now, it would only need to be changed when you do the clutch and probably never again after that for normal use.

I copied these from some of the FAQ's on how to change the fluid:

The first step to changing the manual transmission oil is to jack up the front end of the car and reinforce the lift by adding a pair of jack stands.

NEVER GET UNDER THE CAR WITHOUT FIRST MOUNTING JACK STANDS.

Now get under the front end and look up. On your left side (with your feet sticking out in front of the car), you will see the transmisison. Now look at the farthest back part of the transmission and you'll see the shift linkage, which has a long black metal rod coming out of it and going up to your shifter lever. This bar has an "accordian-like" looking attachment to the transmission. Now look at the [absoulte] right face of the transmission, about six inches in front of the shift linkage you'll see a small bolt. This one's a sleeper -- it's the drain bolt for the whole tranny. For reference, this is the bolt that is somewhat covered by the OTHER long black metal bar coming from behind. (That's the "support rod" according to my 97 Nissan Maxima service manual).

So the first step is to get an oil collector pan under the car and open that drain bolt. It's not that long, so be careful when twisting it off. Once you've got all the oil drained out, close it back up. Remember, give it a long time to fully drain, as you want to get rid of as much of the mineral-based OEM oil as you possibly can. Once you've re-installed the drain bolt, you must relocate yourself to fill the tranny. Look at the [absolute] front face of the tranny and you'll notice a large threaded bolt about five inches from the right edge of this front face. This is the fill *and* check bolt. (The "check" function won't be utilized until after we lower the front end back to the ground). This bolt has a 1/2" square female connection, so to open it you must utilize a 1/2" square ratchet. Completely remove this bolt from the front side of the tranny. Then you must figure out how to get the Redline MT-90 into that hole. I think the bottles' nozzles are too short to do it directly... you'll probably have use some kind of pump.

Now, you may have reazlied that you have no way of knowing when the tranny is "full" because the car is tilted backwards and all the oil is going to the rear-end of the tranny. You are indeed correct. That's why you should SLIGHTLY OVERFILL the tranny while its' still raised. I think that 4.8 quarts would probably be a good amount to pour in at this time. Then get out from under the car and remove the jackstands. Then put a [SHALLOW] oil drain pan under the front side of the transmission and slowly lower the car on top of it. Since the hole in the front face of the tranny is designed to be exactly at the optimal level of the oil, all the overfilled oil will pour out through that hole, slide down the side of the tranny, and fall into the oil drain hole. When this is finished, raise the front end again and mount the jack stands. If no oil came out, put in some more MT-90 and repeat the last step. Then re-install the fill/check bolt in the front side of the tranny, and clean off the oil that came down the front face of the tranny.

Now remove the jack stands and lower the car. You're done.

alright, so we know it's great and all, but how much does it cost? and really, how great is it? anybody else wanna testify?

ms. thickness:

Such elegant prose - nice poetry.

ARFF

For Manual Transmissions:
5 speeds around the $40 range, for 6 speeds around the $30 range.

For Auto Transmissions:
Varies depending on whether or not a flush or drain/fill method is used.

PM me and I'll send you the exact figures, sorry can't post them here.

it's about time i changed to synthetic tranny fluid.
Just hit 40K

Hey acMax, if you gonna do it yourself, i'll come and watch and see if it's really do-it-yourself thing. From the write up above it doesn't seem all that easy.

I changed over at 6k. Definately a noticable difference in the shifting.

Just changed mine on Monday. Dealer had put in 80W-90 GL-5 which was much worse than OEM gear oil. Amsoil is FAR better than both. Cool blue color too.

where is the best place to go to buy amsoil? it seems their website is more geared towards commercial sales...

thanks...

hey yo, but is that right, that if you put it in you won't have to change it till you replace your clutch? Not every 30l or 60k or whatever the interval is?

Well, there is an online store here that you can use to buy direct from them. You can also PM me with the products you're interested in for discount information and how to place an order through me.