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topping off gearbox and rearend fluids

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floyd

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While my 6 was up on stands I decided this was the time to check the level in the transmission and rearend. Good thing, both being low. Now.....before I make a total mess here, was is the correct way of topping these fluids off. I assume it at the same hole that you check the level at. Is there anyway of doing this without taking the transmission cover off? Thanks..........
 
Best way is turn the car on its side and that way it will be a vertical pour to the hole. Other than that . Pump it in or remove the tunnel.
 
It's a tight squeeze, but you can get oil into the side hole where you check the level (basically, if it overflows out, you have enough.). I use a piece of quarter inch vinyl tubing and a large plastic syringe (the kind you get from a pharmacy) and suck from the oil bottle, then load the end of the tube into the tranny hole on the side of the case and push the oil in. As I said, when it overflows, that is enough. Oh, and I use 30wt NON detergent motor oil (Valvoline).
 
Well that's exactly what I thought the replies would be. So off to the drug store first. I always keep and good amount of cardboard on hand to slide under the car. Thanks again....
 
Floyd- since I am the non-mechanic TR6 owner,
I pulled the tranny out and removed the diffy to
change the oils. Used a turkey baster bulb and
5/16" clear plastic tube.

I wish I had known about the turn car on side
method of Don's.

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I use an inexpensive hand pump. Makes it very easy.

They make ones with a hose fitting on the pump end so you can snake the tubing where ever it is needed.

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Tinster said:
Floyd- since I am the non-mechanic TR6 owner,
I pulled the tranny out and removed the diffy to
change the oils.


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sounds like your the mechanic to me......
 
Floyd: This is what I have been doing for years. Go to Home depot and buy some clear plastic tubing - enough to fish down through the left-hand side of the engine and into the fill hole of the trans. Buy the largest size tubing that fits through that hole. While your at the store buy a funnel that has a spout that will fit snugly into the other end of the tubing. Now you can pour your favorite trans. lube (I use Valvoline Racing 20W-50) in the trans. Put a drip pan under the fill hole and pour slowly. Good luck
 
boy oh boy, all these great ideas. Here's another question, should I be using GL4 lube in the trany and rearend? I see some of you just use motor oil...
 
Hoo boy, not the gearbox lube thread again ! This has got to be one of the most discussed, most confusing TR topics since the debate over what to put in trunnions. Suggest you search the Triumph forum for "GL4" and read what everyone has already said; then ask again if your eyes aren't already crossed.

BTW, Pep Boys or NAPA should have one of those nifty pumps with the hose on the outlet and a clip that fits into the filler opening. Just the clip is worth the price of admission, IMO, as it keeps the tube from falling out while it's full of oil and forming a incipient tar pit on the floor.
 
I thank you all for your help. See what I can do here today. I figured I do some routine maintenance while waiting for my master brake cylinder to come back from Apple. It failed only after a year and 800 miles. arg...
 
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