it takes 50w gear oil. get a gallong jug and a pump or else you cant get it in that easy
You can use any SAE certified transmission fluid in your 1998 Ford escort manual transmission. Make sure the transmission fluid is for your manual transmission and not an automatic transmission.
The manual transmission uses Mercon. i have 1998 s10 with 5 speed trans i was told to use syncromesh trans fluid
take the bolts out and it should come out take the bolts out and it shold come out
Both the manual and automatic transmissions take Mercon ATF.
6.8 pints of 75W-90 Manual Trans Gear Lube.
All you can do in your driveway is drop the trans pan, replace the trans filter, replace the trans pan gasket, install pan (no gasket sealer needed or required!) and refill what fluid drained out in the process which is aprox half of the fluid the trans holds. Take it to a trans shop if you want a complete fluid change. They will have the equipment to do a trans flush.
a little less then 3 quarts
According to the 1997 Ford Escort Owner Guide both the automatic and manual transaxles ( transmissions ) take Motorcraft MERCON multi - purpose automatic transmission fluid
Is it a manual or automatic gearbox? Both the automatic and the manual require Dexron/Mercon.
ATF+4 auto trans fluid.
The transmission does not take gear oil. The auto uses ATF+4 and the manual uses manual trans fluid.
Some take atf some gear oil, others specific manual trans fliud.