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Spiv wrote: "the box only takes 1.8 US quarts (it's okay to go ahead and dump in two quarts...)"
There is a small plug on the (US) driver's side of the forward part of the gear case, down low and just ahead of the inner driver. That is the correct level to which you should fill the gearbox. fill slowly and stop filling when you start to get fluid out of that plug hole, the reinstall the plug. I've heard horror stories of garages changing the gearbox oil and filling them until they saw fluid coming out of the filler hole. (Many older foreign cars have the filler hole on the side of the gearbox and that is the correct procedure for them.) As soon as the car is moved, the internal pressures in the gearbox blow out the seals.
"Flip back the rubber 'condom'..." That is commonly refered to as a "boot" by most people in the trade.
If the clutch is wearing out, it will slip, not fail to disengage. This soulds to me like the very common problem of having a worn synchro ring or it could be that the dogs that engage the synchros in these transmissions are worn. I've even seen a badly worn dog slip out of the hub. i've nursed bad transmissions for a long time by treating them gently and changing the fluid frequently. I have a 99 that had a completely blown third gear synchro when I bought it (a different design from the 95/96/97 synchros), and I drove that car for three years before I decided that the noises inside the transmission were so ominous that it was on the virge of destruction. I must have changed the fluid at least five times in that three years, and I got all sorts of bits and pieces out of it every time I drained it.
As for the ATF flush... I would change that new fluid after a fairly short time as ATF and hypoid gear oil are not very compatible, although it's worse when the hypoid gear oil gets from the differential into the inner workings of the automatic transmissions in 99's and C900's. It really gums up the works. Interesting note: in '76 or '77 Volvo stopped putting heavy gear oil in their manual transmissions and started using ATF. Even though it is very thin, it is made to withstand extrememly high pressures and lubricates just as well, although I wouldn't recommend it for a V-4 or stroker transmission.
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