I do not know about this specific model, but what I do know from all of the vehicles I worked on with a manual transmission, is that they are very SIMPLE devices. Each that I have worked with has had a drain plug and a fill plug on the side. You drain the oil and replace the plug and using the fill hole on the side, fill until it overflows back out of the fill hole and then replace the fill plug. If you just want to check the level, open the fill hole and stick in your little finger. You should be able to dip your finger in the oil. The level should be right at the level of the fill hole. Unlike an automatic, there is no dipstick. There is nothing complicated. A manual transmission is simply shafts with gears and bearings partially submerged in an oil bath. As long as you use a decent gear oil, and don't "grind" the gears when you shift, it should last almost forever. The same applies to most differentials that are NOT on 4 wheel drive vehicles. You may lose oil through leaking seals. There is a main seal for the input and output drive shafts which is most likely to leak, but there are also seals at the shift levers where they pass through the side. However, if a seal leaks, it can only drop as low as the leaking seal, which will not disable the transmission, but could cause it to wear faster and die sooner from normal wear and tear. Be aware that there are several adjustment plugs, so be SURE you are working with the fill and drain plugs. You do NOT want to move any of the adjustments or you COULD destroy the works through misalignment of the guts.
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