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you should see a plug that looks different from the oil drain plug on the transmission pan, or near the bottom, on the side of the transmission. remove, drain. You refill through the dipstick tube for trans fluid. If it's a manual trans, there will be another plug higher up on the trans. this one will be the fill plug. Also on the manual trans, some people just remove the shifter and add fluid in the large hole up top. Youtube and google will be your friend here.
A plug on the side of the tranny will be the filler, If you have a drain plug in the bottom, If not, you will have two on the side, lower is level, upper is fill. Most manual trannys never get checked or filled, they go for life without the oil being changed. check it out.
on the side of tranny opposite of engine you will notice 2 plugs with a square hole you can fit a 3/8 ratchet head in. the top is your fill remove that one first to make sure you can add fluid before removing the bottom one to drain
WOW. You want to put a 3.9 ltr V6 from a 2001 Dakota into a 1998 Dakota with a 2.5 ltr 4 cylinder? And you want to keep the manual trans? Have you considered what you will be using for a fuel and engine managment system? If you have a wrecked truck as a host vehicle then the changover may work. But it will take patience and a lot of work. I don't think the 4 cylinder trans will bolt up but I am not sure - never tried that. However that light duty trans will probably not handle the torque for very long even if it did bolt up. Your local Auto Salvage Yard will have a changeover guide and be able to tell you if that trans will fit either engine. My recommendation is to swap everthing and change that 98 to a 01, auto trans and everything.
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