edalexandr Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 hello i was checking my trans fuild today i seen that it needed some, my brat is a manual (4 speed) but it has a dip stick?? i thought only the auto's had dip sticks?? and my maunal did not show a dip stick it just showed the 2 bolts one to drain and the other to fill up ?? whats the deal?? and the oil should be 85 one 20 weight :cornfuzz: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 The dipstick for your 4spd is for the front diff. Use 85/90wt gear oil. Auto's have a dipstick for transmission fluid, your brat has a dip stick for the front diff. Every 4spd has one. -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbs53 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Thats funny, mine has two, one on the trans and one behind the wheel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Thought that it was a loose nut behind the wheel?!??!! Oh Well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edalexandr Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 thanks guys so my trans fuild would be the 2 nuts i check it with the top one huh :wave: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLCraig Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 okay subarus with manual transmissions have a check stick on the right side. Automatics have a checkstick for the front diff and another for the transmission itself. The rear diff has the 2 plugs, one to fill and check, the other is a drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edalexandr Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 hello manual brats, my 78 brat has a dip stick for the front diff and 2 plugs for the transmission oooookkkk:headbang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I found one of those under my hood too!:cornfuzz: I'd been driving the car for 21 years and never knew it existed:eek: When I pulled it out it was shiny and new looking..........and dry....... Only a quart and a half low after all that time............. Glenn, 82 Hatch, well it used to be.........:temper: 01 Forester, still is........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbrat Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 yes, the manual transmissions have the short stiff dipstick for the trans/front diff unit, and 2 plugs for the rear differential... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeky Moose Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 that reminds me when i stopped in jiffy lube on teh way home when i bought the hatch.. i told him there was a dipstick so fill it through that.. he gave me a :eh: and a :-\ then was like, ookk.. so after he popped the hood (took him 10 min) he pulle dit out and brought it in and said, yup sure anough theres a dipstick.. thats gotta be aftermarket, cause manuals never had'em.. at this point i was tired of his idiocy, and told him just to fill it through the hole he found the dipstick in.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I remember the first time I found out that Subarus had a dipstick in the trannies, I was like, "Why can't everyone else have it this way?:cornfuzz: " I love it. Now I can tell if my tranny needs fluid without having to roll around on the ground on my back and be yellin out words like "&^%@^%@!!!!!' or "^@*@*#%^?????!!!!!":brow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edalexandr Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 yeah it makes it so much easyer, i guess when i fill up the front diff it fills up my tran to right??:cornfuzz: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeky Moose Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 yup, least thats how i understand it.. if i'm wrong then i better get under both my soobs and start checkin, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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