Hey all, I'm changing the gearbox fluid to mt 90 shockproof. I know nothing about
Transaxles and would like to know if the transaxle is the LSD and the gearbox.
And do they both feed from the same filler hole as I can only find one, tia guys
I had a look in the manual and can't find nothing about it.

There is only one filler hole on the E153 which does the gears and LSD. I'm pretty sure the factory LSD is a sealed unit though.
I think the majority of aftermarket LSDs use the gearbox oil so you need to take that into account.

Hi Kyle,
Regarding weather your box has an LSD, only acturate way of knowing is to pop out a drive shaft & look inside.
 
Read this article (link below) from Terry (Road & Track).
http://www.roadandtrack.n...ts/E_gearbox_short.pdf
 
Drain hole is the lowest plug on gearbox, fill hole is a little higher (they are close together), both on the passenger side of gearbox.

I'd look at an alternative oil. My tranny didn't last long with mt90. Heard a few common experiences around the globe too.

Suggest something like Caltex Easyshift which is GL4 75/90. Spot on for the E153 from my experience.

Factory LSD is viscous / sealed unit. Main reason I never went for an aftermarket mechanical lsd is the difficulty finding a suitable tranny fluid to satisfy both diff & gears.

Thanks guys all of your replies help and ill get onto it..
It's a 1990 3sgte gen 2 rebuilt by terry. And I'm positive it's LSD
Thanks guys, sorry about the thumbs down mr2qik , muscly fingers 😠

You hurt my ego......lol jks

Fixed 

2nd and 3rd are generally quite notchy. Of coarse it's worse in the morning.. Did you experience this with
The caltex oil at all

No, but my gearbox was rebuilt & is still in perfect condition. I'd start with the Caltex oil & see how you go. If the box is on its way out, you can try an ATF (Dextron III) to prolong a transmission rebuild.

I had mt90 gear oil in my s54 and it felt terrible. swapped to castrol ATF and it feels a whole lot better