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1. Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Steinman, Bill" <wsteinman@pogolaw.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:46:03 -0400; Howdy all: Here's a quick question. I've read the workshop manual and the Haynes manual, and they seem to assume a bit more knowledge than I have of my car at the moment. I'd really appreciate someon; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00532.html (8,340 bytes)
2. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:44:36 EDT; Going by the car's commission number, you don't have overdrive so draining is a bit simpler than if you did. There is a drain plug on the bottom of the transmission. The factory installed a plug with; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00533.html (9,974 bytes)
3. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "John A. Wise" <JohnWise@alumni.pitt.edu>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:11:20 -0700; Bill The following URL provides my description of how I refill the tranny on my TR3 & with a slight mod (where I hang the funnel) how I do it for my 911. For the 911 I hang the funnel from a step of; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00539.html (8,811 bytes)
4. RE: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:03:40 -0700; With respect to Dave, I have a different opinion of using a Crescent (adjustable) wrench here. It's no doubt fine when you're removing a plug that you installed, but I've had many plugs come to me t; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00541.html (9,492 bytes)
5. RE: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:44:51 -0700; One more tip, Bill : I like to put 'Teflon' pipe dope on the threads of the plug when I reinstall it. You can buy the pipe dope in any hardware or plumbing supply store, and it's designed for exactl; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00543.html (8,586 bytes)
6. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:06:22 EDT; Does your TR3 have the dipstick? TR2's and early TR3's had a dipstick and a fill port on the top of the transmission and a rubber plug in the transmission tunnel. At some point that was dropped for t; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00544.html (8,804 bytes)
7. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:08:50 EDT; I broke my eight point socket trying to remove the plug on my TR6. Annoyed me greatly as it was one of the few tools I inherited from my grandfather. Moral: get a good one. Dave; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00545.html (8,170 bytes)
8. RE: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:31:19 -0700; That would annoy me, too! However, the socket I got from Sears has taken all the abuse I've been able to throw at it, including beating on the head of the breaker bar while I was turning it. The fil; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00546.html (8,441 bytes)
9. RE: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: Trevor Jordan <trevor@jordan.name>; Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:06:46 +1000; Just one simple, and possibly obvious, suggestion: remove the fill plug before removing the drain plug. It can be embarrassing to remove the drain plug and then encounter difficulties removing the fi; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00548.html (7,981 bytes)
10. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: Geo Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:59:04 -0700; I too use a funnel (on the TR4) but the route is much more direct than this. As John's photo shows, just a length of tubing to reach from around the firewall above the fuel pump down to that filler h; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00550.html (8,465 bytes)
11. RE: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:04:07 -0700; D'oh !; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00551.html (7,908 bytes)
12. RE: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@pop.mail.rcn.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:20:34 -0400; Well, you could just flip the car over and just fill it via the drain plug. It's just a suggestion... -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00552.html (8,159 bytes)
13. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Just Brits" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:32:39 -0500; F I N A L L Y !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <<Well, you could just flip the car over and just fill it via the drain plug. It's just a suggestion...>> Someone "sicker" than me!; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00553.html (7,988 bytes)
14. RE: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:03:03 -0700; that was used It is, BTW, possible to use the early top cover casting with the dipstick hole on the later transmissions. The forks & shift rods will have to be changed for a 4-synchro box, but the c; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00554.html (8,331 bytes)
15. RE: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: "Jim S." <aztvr@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:13:45 -0700 (PDT); Great advice ! I have personally encountered a fill plug that would NOT come out, found AFTER I had drained the transmission. The plug had been rounded over by use of crescent wrenches. No amount of; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00555.html (8,191 bytes)
16. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:32:14 EDT; Simpler than that, since it is a pipe thread, you can replace the plug with bushings and hose barb and fit the tube from your oil pump and pressure feed it from underneath. You'll have to guess as to; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00580.html (8,163 bytes)
17. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:33:41 EDT; Not me, too much coffee. ;-) Dave; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00581.html (7,684 bytes)

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