Guys, I have my handbook and it shows the fluids page and shows how much gearbox oil is needed. However on the diagram it shows a smaller compartment near the gearbox which also seems to contain oil. Does anyone know how much is meant to go in there? Or does it feel up when you put fluid into the gearbox? Thanks in advance! Pete
You fill the transfer gear (at rear) compartment from the top. It will hold only so much, and the rest will go into the gear case, by itself. Do this until oil comes out of the "check oil" hole, in the back. That way both are filled. Do this slowly, at the end, since it takes time for oil to get into the gear case, from the transfer case.
Hmm. I found it easy to do as the manual suggests, which is fill the transaxle case thru the fill hole (middle rear of case) until it is level with bottom of hole, then simply add a couple of oz to the gear case. You end up using precisely the amount of oil that the manual suggests. I think it would be quicker than letting it all leach down from the gear case into the transaxle case. : ) Jim
Pete -- (To answer your question more directly) You should put at least ~0.2 pints of new gear oil in the transfer gear fill hole -- the remainder can then either be put in via there too or in the main fill hole as the guys described (i.e., you should not refill just thru the main reservoir fill hole only).