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a reasonably priced hand pump to fill the manual tranny.
I have 2 of the Sta-Lube hand pumps. I learned about them somewhere online myself.
They are made to fit the Sta-Lube bottles with a wide mouth. It was recommended that they fit a windshield washer fluid bottle, which they do--and I found they also fit a Mobil 1 one quart bottle.
I used 1 to refill my Jeep transfer case with ATF. The other I used for gear lube-- RedLine in the front axle and Schaeffers in the rear. I got good practice with it, because I drained and refilled the rear end two times because it leaked with the RTV sealant. I finally made a gasket to seal it.
They work fine. They have a couple different pickup tubes which are cut off at the right length.
I got them from Advance Auto parts. You can see it online there, but the shipping made it prohibitive to order online. I had to have my store call around to find my first one in stock at another store. But next time I was in they had restocked and I bought the one they had.
Beore this, I used a Sears suction gun-- it worked fine for many years, but it's messy, and a lot of crawling out from under to reload when working by yourself.