Manual Transmission Fluid (MTF) - Tutorial

Post by **D-Roll** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:27 pm

mcheddadi wrote:yeah, that's about right 1.7liters

Schweet! Thanks

Post by **SHIFT_COUPE** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:59 pm

Tutorial also added to our tech page

http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=335722

Post by **mcheddadi** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:53 pm

there seems to be a problem with the smiley on the tutorial page, they are HUGE in firefox lol:

Post by **SHIFT_COUPE** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:02 pm

Hahah nice. Fixed now

Post by **Sith LL_Coupe** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:11 am

You missed a one right above the lunchbox pic.

Thanks mcheddadi for the awesome tutorial and Shift_Coupe for the quick add to the tutorial page.

Post by **mcheddadi** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:31 am

lol! yeah haha, and there's also an image that's not displaying correctly because tyler forgot to complete the [/img] tag lool

slacking off tyler?

Post by **SHIFT_COUPE** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:39 am

Classic example of being a few beers deep while doing some evening forum work.

Definitely fixed now

Post by **LongBeachCoupe** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:52 am

the pic of the hex bit socket... on carbon fiber... whats the part? your lady rockin a CF hood?

Post by **mcheddadi** » Thu May 08, 2008 12:13 pm

nah It's a 350Z's carbon fiber hood. I needed a picture of the hex bit socket, but mine came out blurry, so I used a picture of someone else's hex bit socket on his hood

Post by **theoctopussi** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:18 pm

I thot Royal Purple is better?

Post by **mcheddadi** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:44 pm

You can try it and tell us, but from personal experience and research on the net, I've found that redline is more suited for our trannies

Post by **theoctopussi** » Fri May 09, 2008 6:04 am

I'll try it on the next oil change....

Post by **blancs3030** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:48 pm

I changed to Redline transmission oil today, so far I can't see much of a difference maybe I haven't driven it enough yet. I never had any problems with the conventional oil in it, but I wanted to see if it could be any smoother.

Post by **mcheddadi** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:08 am

well you notice it most on problematic transmission, but if your transmission was fine then it just will continue to be fine, albeit a tiny bit more smoother.

Nissan's transmission are mostly hit or miss. You got lucky

If you want a DRASTIC improvement, you should get a better shiftknob + the MTF change

Post by **blancs3030** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:22 am

I feel a difference now, I think...lol. I was expecting it to feel smoother pushing the shifter into different gears, but it feels smoother at the clutch I don't know if thats what your feeling, I think the placebo effect might be working on me.

Post by **D-Roll** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:15 am

Im going to stick with Amsoil syntheitc 75w-90 tranny oil. I used that in my 02 SpecV tranny

Post by **Blackmobile** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:13 pm

old thread, but i used the tutorial to change my tranny fluid today and all i can say is WOW, rev matching is so much smoother. i highly recommend switching if anyone else has thought about it but never got around to it. took me 3 years to finally do it after saying I was going to like 2 years ago. i had my 3 year service and they told me my tranny fluid was dirty so i figured it was the perfect chance to do the change. glad i did.

one thing i'm slightly concerned about the change is that as the guide says, mix in 1 full bottle and 700ml of the other but when i drained my fluid, i put the old fluid into my mixing bottle that i used to mix the MTL fluid and there was definitely more than what i put in, more like 2L or more of fluid. should i have used more MTL mix? is it because i replaced the fluid with synthetic that i don't need as much?

Post by **RicerX** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:28 am

Can't remember exactly what the owner's manual calls for WRT fluid capacities... I'll need to look it up. I need to do this swap too. Just hit 30k miles and I need to do a full fluid check anyway. I had Redline in my Spec V 6MT before and it was awesome - been meaning to do the same in my Altima.

Post by **RicerX** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:29 am

Also - MAD props on use of search.

Post by **star2nv** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:32 pm

update, did you find anything out on the amount discrepancies? i want to do this ,this weekend and was just checking.

Post by **Blackmobile** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:08 pm

nope, but everything is running super smooth, so i think i'm good to go.

Post by **star2nv** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:07 pm

ok gonna do mine to then .got the short shifter and shift knob as well.

Post by **TTS.Zero** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:23 am

Hey, don't mean to kick dead dog... but Redline now has MT-85 tranny fluid. Can I assume that it is safe to use? (noob)

Post by **RicerX** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:11 am

TTS.Zero wrote:Hey, don't mean to kick dead dog... but Redline now has MT-85 tranny fluid. Can I assume that it is safe to use? (noob)

Yes sir! Just used it in my Z. Altima 6MT calls for the same - it's a proprietary Nissan lubricant grade for their manuals for the most part.

No worries on the kicking dead dog thing - you used the search and found the correct thread. You're doing it right. Carry on!

Altima6speed · Post by **Altima6speed** » Sun Dec 18, 2016 7:48 pm

He did this on a 3.5. Is it any different for the 2.5 ? I have a 2009 2.5 sedan 6MT and need to change the tranny fluid and was thinking about using same method and fluid

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