Gearbox oil refill?

suzublu · 2nd April 2024, 14:01

Do any of you fine gentlemen have any tips, tricks or gadgets to refill the gearbox oil?. I've drained it, but can't for the life of me bend everything to fill it 😎 Any ideas gratefully received.

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patrolman pete · 2nd April 2024, 15:13

I use a hand priming bulb off an old Peugeot diesel but you should be able to get a hand primer from somewhere. To this I attach two pipes and fit one in the oil bottle and the other in the gearbox filler. It's a bit slow but does the job.

suzublu · 2nd April 2024, 15:30

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Originally Posted by patrolman pete

I use a hand priming bulb off an old Peugeot diesel but you should be able to get a hand primer from somewhere. To this I attach two pipes and fit one in the oil bottle and the other in the gearbox filler. It's a bit slow but does the job.

You must've read my mind Pete, just ordered a Draper hand pump with a 90° bend 👍
Only got just less than 2 litres out, no wonder changes were getting harder
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YHT · 2nd April 2024, 16:11

I use onr of the old type opil bottles with a long plastic spout; dribbles a bit but can be wriggled up in the space at the end of the gearbox enough to squeeze the contents out.

bl52krz · 2nd April 2024, 19:27

I have a small funnel attached to a length of tubing. The end of the tubing goes in the gearbox, the other end is fed up top to the engine bay, into the funnel, then you pour the correct amount of oil in the gearbox. Simples. That is for a manual gearbox.

suzublu · 2nd April 2024, 19:42

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Originally Posted by bl52krz

I have a small funnel attached to a length of tubing. The end of the tubing goes in the gearbox, the other end is fed up top to the engine bay, into the funnel, then you pour the correct amount of oil in the gearbox. Simples. That is for a manual gearbox.

Thanks Dave, wasn't sure it was accessible from above, but that seems the plan of attack 😎

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Tourist · 2nd April 2024, 22:04

Yep - I did mine a couple of weeks ago when I did the clutch. I used the funnel and tube method - you can get access if you remove the passenger front wheel.

The filler / drain plugs were ridiculously tight and required a lot of torque to get them undone.

Arctic · 2nd April 2024, 23:32

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Originally Posted by suzublu

You must've read my mind Pete, just ordered a Draper hand pump with a 90° bend ��
Only got just less than 2 litres out, no wonder changes were getting harder
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Hi Ronnie.
best thing to get for gearbox and differential oil filling takes no time at all

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The above photos are the FL 2 but used to use it on my MGZT manual gearbox oil filling.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186373430437

suzublu · 3rd April 2024, 07:44

That's the one I've ordered Steve, cheers mate. 👍

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suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,923 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	Gearbox oil refill? Do any of you fine gentlemen have any tips, tricks or gadgets to refill the gearbox oil?. I've drained it, but can't for the life of me bend everything to fill it 😎 Any ideas gratefully received. Sent from my SM-A145R using Tapatalk

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bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,397 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	I have a small funnel attached to a length of tubing. The end of the tubing goes in the gearbox, the other end is fed up top to the engine bay, into the funnel, then you pour the correct amount of oil in the gearbox. Simples. That is for a manual gearbox. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham. Last edited by bl52krz; 2nd April 2024 at 19:30..

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patrolman pete Posted a thing or two Rover 75 club se tourer CDT and a Connoisseur SE Diesel Auto Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houghton - le - Spring Posts: 1,418 Thanks: 618 Thanked 333 Times in 197 Posts	I use a hand priming bulb off an old Peugeot diesel but you should be able to get a hand primer from somewhere. To this I attach two pipes and fit one in the oil bottle and the other in the gearbox filler. It's a bit slow but does the job.

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YHT Loves to post Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: suffolk Posts: 264 Thanks: 46 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts	I use onr of the old type opil bottles with a long plastic spout; dribbles a bit but can be wriggled up in the space at the end of the gearbox enough to squeeze the contents out.

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Tourist Loves to post 2004 Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Fulbourn, Cambridge Posts: 455 Thanks: 105 Thanked 123 Times in 101 Posts	Yep - I did mine a couple of weeks ago when I did the clutch. I used the funnel and tube method - you can get access if you remove the passenger front wheel. The filler / drain plugs were ridiculously tight and required a lot of torque to get them undone.

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suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,923 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	That's the one I've ordered Steve, cheers mate. 👍 Sent from my SM-A145R using Tapatalk