Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
Had you looked at page two of said thread, you would have seen this...
There are two plugs in the tranny pan, the upper one is fill/level check, the lower one is drain.
Yes, I have seen this. All it says is that checking is needed and if the color is so and so you need to change the fluid. On step 2 it says: check the fluid when engine is running on idle and that's about it. It doesn't say anywhere how to check.

I know there are two bolts in it - one for draining and another one for adding the fluid. But if I unscrew the top one and if it doesn't overflow - that will only tell me that it's not overfilled and that's it. It won't tell me what the level is. Also it won't tell me what the color of it is - I guess I will have to get some kind of a wire, maybe a wire from wire coat hanger and stick it in there to get some of it out but I'm not sure if that will be enough to let me see the color of it.