You can insert a suction devise down to dipstick tube.
Find the drain plug on the tranny oil pan. Loosen it and the fluid should start to drain - remove the plug all the way and let the contents go into a pan. When doing this, one also needs to change the tranny oil filter - this is accomplished by removing the tranny oil pan and changing it.
NO. You can access the drain plug without removing the skid plate.
I really doubt that there is a drain plug for the tranny, usually you have to unbolt the tranny fluid pan and take it down to get to the filter and drain the fluid.
If it's like most cars it doesn't have a drain plug for the tranny, you have to unbolt the tranny pan and take it down.
There is a bolt under neath the tranny. take it out and drain the fluid. ATF fluid 2.6 quarts is the capacity of the tranny
From under the tranny. Youll see one odd size bolt that is the drain. On manuals its on the differential bottom. On auto's its on the bottom of the tranny. Autos have filters on the front side of the tranny. manuals have NO filters
No.
1997 - 20002 do not have dipsticks and you can not check the levels yourself. You must have the vehicle checked by a service center by raising the vehicle and removing bolts on the tranny as if you were going to drain it.
A drain snake is the best bathtub drain tool for effectively removing clogs.
Take the bottom pain off
The drain plug on bottom of transmission pan has allen screw in center of plug. If you remove the alln set screw and no fluid comes out, the tranny fluid could be low. The fill plug is on the tail shaft of tranny just above the drive shaft ( top right). Tranny fluid must be pumped in this opening after removing plug. Hand pump can be purchased at most auto parts stores. Slowly add tranny fluid until it starts to run out of hole in center of drain plug ( allen set screw must be removed from center of drain plug) the drain plug is about 2 inches tall, this is the level of tranny fluid in pan. Tranny must be at operating temp when adding fluid to achieve prop fill. Yes there is no dipstick, if your tanny fluid get low, the check tanny light should come on.
Look underneath the bike and just below the tranny. you should find two drain plugs. The engine is the forward drain plug. The one on the side (right side of the bike) is the tranny plug.