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Type 9 Gearbox filling/lever hole location
black.viper - 31/8/08 at 12:14 AM

Please, can anybody mark to the photo location of gearbox filling/lever hole plug? I little bit confused but on Haynes manual is very bad photo and I cannot find it!

Thx very much!!!!

Petr



Paul TigerB6 - 31/8/08 at 12:17 AM

You have got it in your first pic mate!!! With the car on a level you need to fill the box so that the oil is just about to overflow the filler plug.

rusty nuts - 31/8/08 at 08:13 AM

The plug you have pointed out is the level plug. Probably going to be very tight so use a decent allen key and if needed a piece of pipe as an extension. Make sure you use the correct oil

The Baron - 31/8/08 at 08:14 AM

This method has never worked for me because, when i fit my engine & gearbox I drop all of the oil because of the angle it has to go in at (mine wont fit from below) so I have modified my top cover to have a fill hole, nice & easy

Cheers,

B

Paul TigerB6 - 31/8/08 at 08:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by The Baron
This method has never worked for me because, when i fit my engine & gearbox I drop all of the oil because of the angle it has to go in at (mine wont fit from below) so I have modified my top cover to have a fill hole, nice & easy

Cheers,

B


How do you check you have the correct oil level then?? I always filled mine in the car through the filler plug shown. Access is pretty tight in the transmission tunnel but not so hard as to make the job impossible

The Baron - 31/8/08 at 11:00 AM

Because the box is empty, its done on the quantity i put in.

Cheers,

B

rusty nuts - 31/8/08 at 02:26 PM

Thats alright until it leaks.

The Baron - 31/8/08 at 03:40 PM

I got bigger problems if it leaks on SHMBO new block paved drive

black.viper - 1/9/08 at 08:22 PM

Thank you very much for everybody... engine have to go out... hmmm ...
becouse I absolutly dont have space there for anything.

Cheers, Petr