Transmission oil change for NC

franjae · Postby **franjae** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:59 pm

Can someone be kind enough to confirm that the location of the drain & fill plugs are the same in the NC compared to the NB8B?

I just noticed the gearbox whine at take off or accelerating from very low speed. Maybe a change of oil will help.

Cheers

franjae

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:03 pm

It's a pretty standard system as I recall from a look under there when it was up on a hoist. Drain plug at the bottom and fill plug on the side.

franjae · Postby **franjae** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:49 pm

Thanks JBT!

Have you changed your transmission oil yet? Have you noticed if yours has gear oil when taking off?

I thought the layout for this box should be similar to the NB 6 speed. No harm asking!

franjae

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:51 am

No franjae, haven't changed the tranny oil - no noises coming from there either.......maybe I've got the Bose up too loud :lol:

Bloo Max is going in for his 10,000km/six month service today. It's four days short of six months and he has run up 9,500 totally enjoyable km now.

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:20 am

Franjae,

As JBT said the drain plug is on the bottom however there are two plugs on the side and you need to pick the right one, and from memory I can't remember which one. I think it's the one at the rear Driver's side.

I changed my oil out early to synthetic for both gearbox and diff. I found with the synthetic oil the syncros were slower, so if that is going to be a problem for you go with the standard oil.

As for the whine, I have it too, nothing to worry about, it's normal. If the noise bothers you then add some sound proofing to the transmission tunnel.

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:03 pm

I think the fill plug is on the left (pax) side

......... hmmmm.

Garry · Postby **Garry** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:08 pm

Thats where it is on the NB 6 speed. Undoing the nut on the right side will result in a gearbox rebuild apparently :shock:

franjae · Postby **franjae** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:39 pm

Thanks guys, yes my previous NB 6 speed, the plugs were on the passenger side so I guess it should be the same with the NC.

Funny, I found the clutch and the gears so much lighter than the NB, yet my wife hates it when she drove it today. Hmmm, looks like this is definitely MY car :lol:

franjae