HOW TO CHANGE YOUR TRANSMISSION FLUID IN YOUR MANUAL 1ST GEN CRV! (97-01)

[@slumpedmage]

About time we got a trans service video on KZbin for the manual 1st gen. Thanks man.

[@sameterturk791]

What is the equivalent of this oil? 75w?

[@crv_tom]

Honda recommends if the fluid is unavailable , you could use 10W30 or 10W40, which they generally say is the same vicosity, as 75w gear oil.

[@curitopia]

so how many liter of honda mtf i need to buy?

[@curitopia]

3?

[@luisllanez]

Hello friend, I hope you can answer this question.. can I convert my automatic CRV 99 to a manual transmission? Thank you!

[@slumpedmage]

It's been done before, but it's a lot of work.

[@crv_tom]

Yes, that is something that you can do, and it definitely has been done before you would want to Google that, and there's quite a bit of information you can find for doing the swap.

[@sgtjoeham]

Hey Tom, been following for a while. I had the two top mounting posts for my rear diff break off. I was wondering if you knew about or had previously considered an alternative mounting method for the rear differential. Any suggestions are appreciated.

[@crv_tom]

That is a new one for me 😯 I have not heard of that as long as everything is mounted properly. I couldn't see why that could happen unless you had completely bad motor mounts and diff mount. I would need more information on if you're running everything stock or if you have it lifted and modified. What's the setup?

[@sgtjoeham]

Thanks for the reply, everything is bone stock. The cars got about a quarter mil on the odometer which should be barely broken in on these beasts. One day I was driving home from work and the drivers side rear axle spit out the side of the car leaving the splines in both the hub and the diff (u joint failure). I putzed it home and crawled under and discovered one of the top mounts had cracked at the base of the cast and the other had the bolt shear flush with the case. Truly a phenomenon considering it's a grade 8 bolt that sheared in cast aluminum. Ive been trying to track down a replacement diff lately but I would be interested in testing out an alternative mounting method. Adjacent to this topic, do you have any knowledge regarding the compatibility of rear differentials for Honda rt4wds? For example, would a differential from a 2nd Gen crv or a element be compatible with an rd1? Thank you in advance for any information.

[@crv_tom]

Hey, sorry, I just saw your reply on KZbin doesn't always notify me. That is wild with that much damage but I do know for sure that you can use a second gen diff no problem bolts right up if I remember right you just have to change some of the bracket tree from your first gen over to it.

[@brandonb88]

I just filled mine with 1.8 quarts through the speed sensor hole. The location for the fill plug on these is 🗑️

[@crv_tom]

That's one way to do it, LOL. I used to do that back in the day but now after having the right funnel it's not bad at all that's pretty much the way you got to fill up most on the manual transmissions at least from the 90s era.

[@edgardoestrada313]

Any aftermarket motor mounts you recommend?

[@crv_tom]

1320performance

[@deputydan2226]

Hasport or bust