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Re: Filling the @#%$& Gearbox...

To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Filling the @#%$& Gearbox...
From: Elliott DeGraff <degraff@erols.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 16:31:26 -0400
Dan,

Got to your local Penn Auto or equivalent and get a Lubrimatic pump that
will screw right onto a quart of Castrol or other motor oil.  As I
recall, it's about $6 and worth any penny.  I emptied and refilled my
transmission painlessly using it.

Elliott DeGraff
2 71Bs

Dan DiBiase wrote:
> 
> Heard a bit of gear noise from the 76B on-OD
> transmission earlier this, just had a chance to crawl
> underneath and check the level. Even allowing for the
> fact that the car was jacked towards the driver's
> side, I could not feel anything when I stuck my finger
> in the hole... So, obviously, a bit of fluid is called
> for. Except, what's the secret to getting it in
> there?? Given the narrow space and the fact that I
> can't be ABOVE the filler hole - how the heck do you
> do this?? Is there a pump or something? Nothing in
> Haynes and didn't see anything in the Moss catalog
> along those lines.... TIA...
> 
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> Dan DiBiase
> Dayton, NJ
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