Gear box oil

[Guest]

While i was fitting the wastegate, i decided to do the gear box oil. Initially i was worried about a possible leak of the oil cooler, but this is more a sweat than leak.

Anyway. The old oil was surprisingly dirty, i dont know when it was last changed, or even if its actaully in the regular service schedule but it needed it.

I used halfords semi-synth stuff.

Wow, no question there is a big difference, especially when the gearbox is cold. Shift is much sweeter.

So no excuse, get out there and change that oil.

You can get the oil plug key from Hellfrauds for about £3.50. 17mm one fits onto a 3/8 bar.

 

[Kevin Welch]

When I changed my gearbox oil recently I discovered that the filler plug had been overtightened and I had to use a 4ft scoffold pole to get enough leverage to ondo it.

Air guns are OK if used properly by sensible people!!!

 

[Guest]

Thats bizzar, as i think the torque setting is something like 35lbft which really is not that much... Someone must have had 3 shredded wheat!!

 

[Kevin Welch]

The plug has a tapered thread and I think the torque must be multiplied exponentially or something. Either that or the person who tightened it was a moron.[]

 

[Diver944]

Gear oil is in the service schedule at every 48k miles or 4 years, it's one of the common things that these 'FSH' cars rarely have documented anywhere. Due to the regularity that our gearboxes get a bit whiney as they age I change mine every 3 years to be safe.

Always make sure you can undo the filler plug first before you let out the old oil through the drain plug []

 

[John Sims]

Also needed 10 wheel bolts

Better that than have the little beggers seize on the studs.

What gearbox oil did you go for?

 

[Guest]

Gee i done the gear box oil myself for £20 worth of oil and 30mins time!!!!

 

[John Sims]

Gee i done the gear box oil myself for £20 worth of oil and 30mins time!!!!

Well it's a shame you didn't do Andrico's for him for £33.00 then you would have both been better off.

 

[chrisr]

LOL []

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: John Sims

Gee i done the gear box oil myself for £20 worth of oil and 30mins time!!!!

Well it's a shame you didn't do Andrico's for him for £33.00 then you would have both been better off.

Fraid i am more expensive than £26 per hour. Nice idea mind.

 

[John Sims]

Fraid i am more expensive than £26 per hour

Well aren't you the lucky one.

 

[Guest]

Anybody out there using Swepco in their gearbox. If so, what do you think of it?

 

[eastendr]

It's very blue ....[][]

 

[Guest]

Blue? Oooh, couldn't possibly use that - it'll clash with me rust...[]

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: JaseB

Swepco done wonders in my gearbox, used to be very very sticky trying to get out of second and now tis a dream but yes it is very blue...

Reckon it's money well spent!

Cheers JaseB

I wasn't going to take much convincing anyway... but definitely sounds worth it now.

 

[Eldavo]

I guess you could support the car on 4 axle stands and this would keep the car level whilst giving enough clearance.

 

[ikillcopiers]

ORIGINAL: Eldavo

I guess you could support the car on 4 axle stands and this would keep the car level whilst giving enough clearance.

Be careful with that now, I remember a mate of mine had a 205 rally car who held up his car with 4 axle stands,
up until an unfortunate day last year.

We were swapping heads on some engines (outside of the car, thank christ), and a cat jumped down out of a
window in the shed on to the car.

Bam!

I'd be afraid of even sneezing under a car supported by only axle stands after seeing that happen!

But let me tell you, a frightened cat can fairly bolt!

 

[supersport]

ORIGINAL: ikillcopiers

ORIGINAL: Eldavo

I guess you could support the car on 4 axle stands and this would keep the car level whilst giving enough clearance.

Be careful with that now, I remember a mate of mine had a 205 rally car who held up his car with 4 axle stands,
up until an unfortunate day last year.

We were swapping heads on some engines (outside of the car, thank christ), and a cat jumped down out of a
window in the shed on to the car.

Bam!

I'd be afraid of even sneezing under a car supported by only axle stands after seeing that happen!

But let me tell you, a frightened cat can fairly bolt!

That is a very scary story. I was under the impression that this was the supposed to be the way to do things. In fact I was going to do this whilst Wax Oiling the underside. Guess I will think again.

 

[robwright]

As long as your beer belly aint to big you should be able slide under to check the gearbox oil from the back of the car. I managed to get under to do my reversing switch and speedo pick up without too much trouble. Planning on changing gearbox oil soon.

 

[ChasR]

When I was welding a previous MG I used car ramps. Due to the ride height I could not drive it on, so I jacked the car up from the rear axle and slid the ramps under the wheels. This isn't possible on a 944 due to the transaxle arrangement so I think that you would need to jack the car up via the sills, but considering you can only jack the sills up from the middle where the indentation is it would certainly be a tricky task. I could just get underneath my 944 to the drain plugs with it not being supported.

Whilst I am here, where can I jack a 944 up from bar the sills. I know my sills are solid but after a mate almost losing his head under his Nissan Silvia as his sill caved in (and the car jolted down two inchs) I really hate jacking up cars via sills and tend to go for crossmembers (which on the cars I have owned (Peugeot 306 (front crossmember or centre of rear beam)/MGB (front crossmember or rear diff)) is seen to be the preferred method anyway).