Changing Manual trans fluid

[Shane S.]

Where is the drain & fill plugs on a 98 contour SVT manual transmission? I want to do some research before I dig in. Drain plug should be obvious to find once under the car I know lol but the fill plug could be anywhere.

Thanks

[Terry Haines]

Drain is passenger side,below where the r/h drive shaft leaves the cases..Fill is on front face of trans behind rad halfway up case. 8 mm allen wrench.

Oil , Motorcraft fully synth man trans oil # XT-M5-QS  or 'Royal Purple 'HPS 10W-40'

[Shane S.]

Thanks terry, I have 3 qts of the motor craft fluid waiting to go in!

[asmoto05]

Is this good for our tranny Terry?

 

http://m.advanceautoparts.com/mt/shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/royal-purple-max-cycle-10w-40-motorcycle-or-atv-motor-oil-1-quart-01315/99983726-P?searchTerm=Royal+Purple+%27HPS+10W-40%27

[Aussie Ford]

I don't like the Ford Honey during cold weather. It seemed to make the shifts sluggish. I swapped it for Royal Purple synthetic. Luv that purple   

 

 

AF

[mondeoman]

I never did get a straight up response from RP Support as to why they moved from the RP Synchromax to the HPS line of fluid in their recomendation chart. See these link for a very informative discussion regarding MTX-75 fluids - http://www.fordcontour.org/topic/13488-ford-trans-lube-chart/?hl=%2Bmtx-75+%2Bfluid&do=findComment&comment=83555