it migth have been on my 94 cause i thought that was how i filled it. I know on my mx6 thats what you do and i've seen a few fords your supposed to measure by the speedo gear. What your saying about till draining out i think thats what i did actually now thinking about it.............. yea i did cause i had to rig up a funnel that would go in the side.......that was a fun memory lol.