[Mgb-v8] SD1 gearbox oil pump

[Barrie Robinson]

Richard,

Thank you muchly for your response.

Based on your input and advice from all the V8 bodies I am leaving 
the gear box well alone but will refill with Amsoil ATF.  I have no 
idea why I have chosen Amsoil except that I have heard good things 
about their other products.  When I bought a Maserati Biturbo the 2nd 
gear was grindy and the dealership put in synthetic because some 
other manufacturer (Alfa?) had found it cured the problem - and it cured mine!




At 02:48 PM 9/10/2008, you wrote:
>It requires you to pull off the tail housing of the transmission. You
>can do this in the car if you can get to all the bolts.
>
>But, I seriously doubt that you will get a successful putting the tail
>housing back on in the car.
>
>You honestly need to have the transmission out and in a vertical
>position so you can rely on gravity to have the pump shaft engage
>properly in the oil pump. Plus, if I remember correctly, I had to take
>the rear seal out of the transmission to get the speedo gear back on the
>tail shaft. With the rear seal out, you can see the speedo gear's flat
>that goes on the shaft's flat spot. This would be impossible to do in
>the horizontal (in car) position.
>
>I used ATF in mine, but I hear putting a small amount of Slick 50 in as
>well makes for even better shifts.
>
>If you aren't having any gearbox problems, I would at most refresh the
>ATF. Leave the gear alone. The gearboxes are supposed to be good for
>300k miles as long as you don't break it. The bottom drain plug is a
>magnetic plug. You can get a general idea of health by draining the
>fluid and seeing how much steel is stuck on the magnet.
>
>Richard
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mgb-v8-bounces+richard.morris=cox.net at autox.team.net
>[mailto:mgb-v8-bounces+richard.morris=cox.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf
>Of Barrie Robinson
>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:53 AM
>To: mgb-v8 at autox.team.net
>Subject: [Mgb-v8] SD1 gearbox oil pump
>
>I looked in the archives and found my question in the mode "Can you
>change the oil pump bits in the SD1 gearbox easily or do you have to
>drop the box?"   But I cannot fins any answers.  What does oil pump
>bits change entail?   I am having no trouble but thought I would be
>pro-active as heavens knows how many miles my box did previously to
>my ownership.
>
>Regards
>Barrie
>
>Barrie Robinson
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Regards
Barrie

Barrie Robinson
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