Manual Transmission fluid change

How dou you replace and/or inspect the fluid in a 5spd manual transmission?

There is a 17 mm (IIRC) allen wrench drain plug on the bottom and (IIRC again) a smaller one on the side for filling/inspecting.

Cool I'll look again for the side plug.....I was in a hurry when I looked for it last night....

Side plug is on the drivers side,Both fill and drain plugs on my 04 are 17mm hex.

Anyone know the changing interval?

Stephen

On my '03 I believe the fill port is on the passenger side and it's a 14mm. I have 68,000+ miles on mine and I've changed it once, back around 45,000 miles. So far so good, but if you are a bit more concerned, check your user manual for the correct interval. Make sure you use the Synchromesh fluid only!

Changed mine at 40K and it was pretty bad - Also had a fair amount of metal shavings on the magnetic drain plug.