Hey my knowledgeable friends!

Anyone here know where I can find the drain/fill plug for the 4spd tranny on my 78 240d?? Driver/passenger side?? Toward engine or driveshaft??

Thanks!!1

Now lets see.....if I wanted to drain a tranny of all its fluid where would I put the drain?

Try the bottom center.

Tom W

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Drain- Bottom
Fill- midway center on passenger side.
Both use a 14mm allen socket.

For that side one you may need to grind the 14mm down a bit. I did because of the sound proofing that came in the turbo models. Otherwise a 14mm crescent can be used in place of a ratchet. Make sure you do the fill plug first and have a hand pump.

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I ran into the same situation that Winmutt explained above when loosening the fill plug. I cut off a 1" section of a 14mm allen wrench and used the box end of a wrench to turn it.

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Fill plug:





Drain plug:



Action shot of filling {can't just pour it in}



Here is the link to the fluid change:

China engine replacement 1980 240D

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Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

It can be filled topside if you have 3' of tube and a funnel.