Kai M. Radicke wrote:
> Until this past thread about GL4 oil and where to buy the hand driven pumps,
> I never realized how many people go through the hassle of pumping oil into
> their transmissions.
>
> You can let gravity do the same work for you, while you stand upright, right
> by the driver's front fender. We use a decent sized funnel with a 5 foot
> length of clear poly tubing (either 3/8 or 1/2" ID). The tubing gets snaked
> down next to the brake booster, under the front of the driver's floor pan,
> and then tucked into the fill hole on the transmission.
>
> I premeasure the amount of gear oil necessary to fill the transmission, so
> as to not overfill, and I simply pour it into the funnel connected to the
> tube. Within two minutes the gearbox is filled completely, the tube is
> almost always completely empty, and I pull it out and put it back in the
> cabinet. No mess and no guessing how much is left to pump in.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Kai
>
> --
> Kai M. Radicke
> Wishbone Classics
> * British Car Parts *
> www.wbclassics.com
> Ph: 215.945.7250
>
How does this work when you don't know how much oil is required -- that is you
are topping up the
transmission? Seems the pump is the way to go. You are right there -- you can
pump slowly until it
is full, and it's a one man operation.
Don Malling
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