95 Civic EX Manual Tranny Question

I have a couple of questions about a the car I just bought.

1. How do I check the level of gear oil in the transmission. I dont
see a dipstick, so I am assuming it is going to be a filler hole. Can
anyone help point me to the location. And what should the fill level
be? Can anyone e-mail a pic to me?

2. When I test drove the car, everything seemed fine. After my second
day on taking it to work, I started to notice a gear type werrrrrring
noise when in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. If may be there in higher gears, Im
just not hearing it. When I push the clutch in the noise goes away.
Its shifts fine through all gears, there appears to be no performance
problems, just the noise. Anyone have an idea what may be causing
this? What can I check myself before taking it in to get looked at?

Car specs:
95 Honda Civic EX 1.6 VTEC
5 speed manual
176,000miles
clutch is 2 years old (so im told)
new axels
new tires
new brakes
Everything is stock

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer.

Jesse

 

wrote in 22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

Get under the car. Look at the vertical side of the tranny case that faces
the right front wheel. At the very bottom there will be a round bolt with a
3/8" square sunk into it. This is the drain hole. Immediately above that is
the fill hole, which is a standard 19mm hex.

You fill until lubricant runs out of the fill hole, then put the bolt back.

Any auto parts store will have a cheap plastic pump thingy with a section
of vinyl hose. You put this in the bottle of oil, the vinyl hose into the
tranny, then pump away. Put an oil pan underneath where you work; you WILL
drip.

Only use genuine Honda MTL.

Not much, I'm afraid. You need a competent pro to tell yuo what that noise
is. It could be anything from bad bearings to worn gears.

The condition and quantity of the oil that's in there now will tell you a
lot about what kind of care the box had before you came along.