A standard or manual transmission, doesn't use transmission fluid.
Under the car on the upper side of the transmission you will find a plug. Remove the plug and stick you finger in the hole. If you feel fluid, then it is full.
Look for the transmition dipstick. It should look like a T pressed into a hole. Pull it out and check the level of the fluid the same way you check the level of the oil.
there is a plug on the side of the trans under the vehicle the fluid level should be even with the bottom of that plug hole
Standard tranny's don't have dipsticks. Theres a plug on the side of the tranny to check/fill the tranny fluid. The fluid should come up to the bottom of that plug hole when sitting on a level surface.
fill to the plug hole on side of transmission
Unless you are having trouble with the transmission, it is not generally required to check the gear oil level in a manual transmission until at least 100,000 miles. However, if you feel keen about, look at the trasmission and locate a plug on the side, part way up. Remove the plug, and stick your finger into the hole. The oil should be right at the bottom of the hole.
Since there is no dip stick on the 1800 the only way to check it is to remove the filler plug on the upper side of the transmission and check with your finger in the hole. The fluid should be up to the hole.
In the same hole you check it in with a funnel you add it to the same hole you check it with .only in automatic trans
If there is no A/T dipstick then it is sealed unit and you do not have to check it. If it is a manual transmission you check it by removing a plug on the upper side of the transmission and sticking your finger in the hole. If you touch lube it is full.
Normally the hole to check the level and add gear oil is on the upper side of the transmission. You use the same hole for both. Can be on the driver's or passenger side.
There is no dipstick. You check the fluid through the fill hole on the side of the case. The fluid should be level with the bottom of the hole.
The manual transmission usually has a plug in the side of the transmission that can be used to check the transmission and also used as a filler hole.