On 9/6/2011 at 4:40 PM, Mr Man said:

pretty sure the fill hole is about 4L, so you need an extra 800ml through the reverse switch...

 

Fill through the fill hole, jack the car on an angle and the other 800mls goes in , no need to remove reverse switch.

Or you can remove the shifter n go from the top. Just need a big funnel so you dont spill gear oil inside your car

Does Transmax Z come in 5 ltr bottles.

Or have they got the scam going that you need to buy two 4 ltr bottles?

I haven't looked around in quite a while, but I think it was discontinued..

 

16 hours ago, joffa1 said:

Anyone know what size ring Spanner/socket is required to get the reverse switch nut off once the wiring is removed? 

I just checked to confirm, and it's 22mm.

 

What arronm said, is true, you can do it that way, too.

Just use gulf western syn TS. Same as the ZF oil. Its full synthetic, that's what you want in a gearbox, an oil that is resistant to shear.

Thanks guys didn’t have the right size Spanner/socket handy so ended up going through the shifter. Bit of practice for when I put a short shifter in anyway. I tried the jack one side right up but found I still couldn’t get the full 4.85 in without spilling out the fill hole. All good now, have some fresh Penrite full synth 70-75w pro gear in and it has quitened the box right down. Hopefully cold shifts a bit better now too. Did the diff oil while I was down there too... black and stinky don’t know how the thing was still spinning!