Time for some work

Discuss any maintenance you've done to your Vibe & Matrix and ask how to perform maintenance on your vehicle
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Whelan
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Time for some work

Post by Whelan »

I am really overdue. I gotta change out my ATF and possibly my differential.I have the how-to for differential using the 80-90 stuff. I gotta go pickup the right product for ATF, nothing crazy just some OEM stuff. Question is (this may sound dumb, never did an auto by myself). 1) Where is the plug located on the tranny for draining?2) Do you fill it where the resevior is under the hood?3) Capacity?Thanks in advance, I gotta really get on this before I have no cash when I get a house lol.
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tribalman
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Re: Time for some work (Whelan)

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Quote, originally posted by Whelan »I am really overdue. I gotta change out my ATF and possibly my differential.I have the how-to for differential using the 80-90 stuff. I gotta go pickup the right product for ATF, nothing crazy just some OEM stuff. Question is (this may sound dumb, never did an auto by myself). 1) Where is the plug located on the tranny for draining?2) Do you fill it where the resevior is under the hood?3) Capacity?Thanks in advance, I gotta really get on this before I have no cash when I get a house lol.1. i don't know. 2. last year i noticed that my car was having a bit of trouble shifting sometimes, checked the dipstick, i was out. when i filled it up with fluid i just stuck a funnel into where the stick was and then put in the fluid.3. i forget how much to put in but the thing was close to being bone dry, i'd say just put in a 1/4 of a bottle at a time then then check if you aren't sure exactly.
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northvibe
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Post by northvibe »

right on the bottom of the tranny, aka driver side near the oil plug for the motor.fill under hood with funnelumm with a auto it only dumped around 4qts
Whelan
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Post by Whelan »

Thanks all so far.I hopefully will get this done come by next week.My main concern right now is the steering wheel shimmy when braking.
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Kamikaze
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Re: (Whelan)

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Quote, originally posted by Whelan »My main concern right now is the steering wheel shimmy when braking. warped rotor? or maybe brake pad that's not applying to rotor flatly?if it's just when you're braking sounds like it has to be either rotor or pad or both...
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Kamikaze
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I saw your other post and replied there on the steering wheel vibration..
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