Got sick of having to fill or add oil to the tranny through a funnel with a
long hose to the side hole.B Messy, slow, etc.
Broke down yesterday and used a hole-sawB to drill a hole in the tranny cover
over the dipstick.B Managed not to cut into the cover switches or wires.B
Will put a rubber plug in, and now I can check and add with ease!B Good thing
too.B The oil level wasn't reading at all.B Valvoline 20/50 racing oil
poured in through a small funnel took 5 minutes instead of half an hour.B Why
didn't I do that years ago?
Uhm...I already know the reason, so please don't volunteer.B When other
people say it, I lose my sense of denial....
The notched oil drain on the OD was loose and leaking.B Last year when I did
this routine,B I used an oil filter wrench to tighten it down.B Didn't work
all that well.B The plug was finger loose when I took it off.B Never again on
that one.B Didn't like doing that much in the first place, so asked for one
of those E-Bay notched sockets for Christmas.B Had to mildlyB file the old
brass plug for it to match up with the socket.B Now, no worries.B Used a
half inch breaker bar to snug it down solidly against a new washer.
BTW, a felt battery post washer is a perfect fit under the screen.B
After a winter of insulating, drywalling, painting, staining and hanging 20
feet in the air nailing 6" tongue and groove ceiling boards to complete the
new breezeway, today I take the TR out for the first time.B Thank goodness
for Springtime!!!
Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
New Hamsphire
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