On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:45:05 -0600, S <jernigan@chester.uccs.edu>
wrote:

>Hi Zaphod!
>
>On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:13:01 -0500, zaphod <user@host.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Now, I've decided to start doing a little more maintenance on my own,
>>and I want to check the level.
>>
>>
>>I've now spent an hour with a really big flashlight searching for the
>>damn thing and come up with nothing. A phone call to my mechanic said
>>it should be there as well. Wrong.

>
>The dip-stick for the MT is located on the right side (passenger side
>on USDM cars) of the transmission, about 8-10 inches above and forward
>of where the axle exits the tranny.
>
>Email me directly, and I'll send along that page from the factory
>manual. It's a bit hidden on the turbo cars, but you really shouldn't
>have any trouble finding it on the RS. It's bright yellow plastic, and
>goes into a short steel tube about 3/4in in diameter on the side of
>the case. If the dip-stick is _missing_ (ie there's just an empty
>hole), get one ASAP, and purge the fluid to remove possible
>particulate contamination. Fill level is clearly marked with a
>crosshatched region on the dip-stick.
>

Thanks, Steve.

I have the MT. That thing was so hidden that even the service manager
couldn't find it. We finally called the mechanic over, he reached
waaayyyy down and behind a bundle of cables, and pulled it out.

At least now I don't feel so dumb -- it took a guy who knew exactly
where it was supposed to be to find it. Otherwise, it was completely
hidden from view by the loom.

And the fluid is just fine.