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:

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

Thats funny, mine has two, one on the trans and one behind the wheel!

Thought that it was a loose nut behind the wheel?!??!! Oh Well.

thanks guys so my trans fuild would be the 2 nuts i check it with the top one huh :wave:

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.

hello manual brats, my 78 brat has a dip stick for the front diff and 2 plugs for the transmission oooookkkk:headbang:

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...........

yes, the manual transmissions have the short stiff dipstick for the trans/front diff unit, and 2 plugs for the rear differential...

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..

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:

yeah it makes it so much easyer, i guess when i fill up the front diff it fills up my tran to right??:cornfuzz:

yup, least thats how i understand it.. if i'm wrong then i better get under both my soobs and start checkin, lol