tranny filling help

[CRXperiment]

Ok so after changing one of my axles, i needed to add tranny fluid to my tranny. I tried to bust open the 17mm fill bolt but with no luck...the bolt is pretty much stripped on all sides. Damn i hate that bolt and the fact that all my wrenches strip it and my sockets dont fit it. So since i cant take that fill bolt off...do you recommend i just drain the tranny and refill throught the VSS with the correct amount? i DO NOT want to overfill...last time that left me with a busted tranny seal. So what is the correct amount? Like 1.6 q? Or do you know anyway i can take off that stripped bolt? Any detailed help would be appreciated, thanks.

[hxgaser]

obviously you need to replace the drain bolt anyways. Try soaking the bolt with liquid wrench and use handy dandy vice grip. A man's best friend!! Hope it works.

[CRXperiment]

Originally Posted by hxgaser

obviously you need to replace the drain bolt anyways. Try soaking the bolt with liquid wrench and use handy dandy vice grip. A man's best friend!! Hope it works.

Do you think vice grips would hold the bolt tight enough? Its torqued down pretty damn tight and i dont want to strip it even more with vice grips.

[hxgaser]

I would think that you need to replace the filler bolt. You can get one from Honda for $5 or so. As long as you soak the bolt in any liquid lub, tap it with a hammer a few times, it should come out using a vice grip. I took out some stubborn bolts and nuts with a vice grip. Hence I call in the man's best friend.

[mellowboy]

Get a half inch impact gun and call it a day.

[CRXperiment]

I was finally able to bust it using a monkey wrench with a long pipe extension with the car jacked up real high off the ground. Screw the dumbass who tightened the bolt...thanks for all the help.