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Originally Posted by MrPrena

I just did the 722.9 Transmission service.
It was horrible.

5. I had to shampoo my hair 3 times after the job was done. Each 3 times, I had to let shampoo stay on my hair for about 2-3min each.
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If you were thorough in reading the instructions on the shampoo, it says ? Lather, let stand 5 minutes, rinse and repeat......... [Tooth]

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Originally Posted by SideShow Bob

If you were thorough in reading the instructions on the shampoo, it says ? Lather, let stand 5 minutes, rinse and repeat......... [Tooth]

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That could waste an entire day in the shower, depending on the size of the bottle.

The dumb transmission in my Amigo has no dipstick and is a bottom fill. Not even a side fill, BOTTOM fill. Thanks GM.

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Originally Posted by Irving

The dumb transmission in my Amigo has no dipstick and is a bottom fill. Not even a side fill, BOTTOM fill. Thanks GM.

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Fill location is toward the end of the video.
http://youtu.be/1aFCEOUgdbE

(I checked the Amigo drawings and it's in the same place as the Trooper)

Yep, we learned that working on it parked on a trailer in the desert.

Ah, the Aussie Amigo.

So how does one fill from the bottom? Do they make transmission enema bags?

Pretty much. We bought a handy piece of tube that screws onto common auto fluid bottle thread sizes. Insert tube into hole, get the bottle as high as you can and squeeze, repeat until fluid starts coming back out. Pretty much the same as the side fill on the transfer case (which I also did laying in the dirt) or the differential.

Why on earth would they make a bottom fill anything.

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Originally Posted by CavSct1983

Why on earth would they make a bottom fill anything.

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Because the hot shot know it all junior engineers want to be managers before they know jack shit about engineering and design. And then approve crap like this. And now instead of a salty bastard that gets things right you get a know it all that missed the fact your trans lacks a fill port.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Pretty much. We bought a handy piece of tube that screws onto common auto fluid bottle thread sizes. Insert tube into hole, get the bottle as high as you can and squeeze, repeat until fluid starts coming back out. Pretty much the same as the side fill on the transfer case (which I also did laying in the dirt) or the differential.

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The fluid pump/ATF jug shown in the video, or a real multi-use one, are necessary if you're going to work on stuff. That fluid pump is also needed to fill diff's or it can be a real bitch and waste fluid. It doesn't hurt to have a fluid extraction vacuum pump either.