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Transmission oil change. Incomplete ... (now complete :P)

Postby Steampunk » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:58 am

I drained a little bit of the tranny oil in hopes that I can top-up with some anti-friction/seal preservation additive. Unforunately, the dang refill bolt is too tight.
I have drained approx 600ml of transmission oil. Is this ok? I know the capacity is only 2L.

How much of the gearbox internals sit permanently in oil?
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Postby Garry » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:45 am

Lesson to be learned here grasshopper...........always remove the fill bolt before removing the drain bolt
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Postby Steampunk » Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:05 pm

you are wise Obi-Wan.
I'm gonna remove the speedo cable thingy and fill it up from there.
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Postby Steampunk » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:09 pm

Speedo cable was not where I thought it was, so I managed to top up the gearbox via the reverse light switch.
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:10 pm

Are you certain you didn't over fill it young padawan???
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Postby bruce » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:11 am

It almosts sounds funny - I filled up my tranny fluid by topping up the radiator reservoir !
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Postby sabretooth » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:28 am

Yeah, so how do you know you didn't overfill it? Or did you only put 600ml of that additive back in again?
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Postby Steampunk » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:45 pm

Yup, I measured how much I took out, and put back in what I lost.
Went and bought those seringe thingys.
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