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Tech : A Guide to To ask questions relating to this document, CLICK HERE. A special thanks to Shane Arnold of TRUEBLUEFORD & Joe from Crescent Motors for his assistance in producing this article.
(NAVIGATION: Page 5, Page 4, Page 3, Page 2, Page 1, back to TBF Tech) PART 5: OIL PAN INSTALLATION (continued): Next, install the screws into the oil pan through the holes in the gasket BEFORE you attempt offering it up to the gearbox - this will ensure none of the screws miss their hole forcing the gasket off course and causing a leak (yep, found that one out the hard way! Thanks Joe for the tip). The obvious bit comes next - offer the pan up to the base of the gearbox, being careful not to knock any of the screws from it's position. CAREFULLY start each screw by hand, putting minimal pressure on each - to ensure none cross threads. If you damage a thread here - it'll be pan back off and in with a tap or helicoil to repair... If any of the screws are stiff to start, back that screw out and try again until it begins to wind-up freely & easily.
Above: don't put any force on to tighten each of the bolts until you are sure each is well and truly near the end of the thread - avoiding any possibility of damaging the thread. FILLING THE GEARBOX WITH OIL: Yep - sounds easy doesn't it? Remove the gearbox filler plug & take 'yer gearbox oil syringe or plunger (remember the one I told you about earlier?) and insert it in your drum / container of oil, the other end (the hose end that is) into the gearbox filler hole. ...Then pump away until the oil begins to flow out of the hole. If you are just replacing the oil in the gearbox itself and not changing the oil in the converter (not recommended if your gearbox oil was the colour of mine) then this section is for you: FILLING THE GEARBOX WITH OIL (NON-full-flush-method) : This next part is easier (definitely safer) with two people - so get your mate to climb in and start the car with you underneath - of course having made sure the hand brake is firmly on and the wheels chocked. As an added precaution, get them to keep their foot on the brake as well! If you're lucky enough to own a pre EF II model that has a normal dipstick tube in the engine bay, you can simply pump approximately 4.5 litres in through the dipstick tube, start the car, run thru the gears, letting the transmission warm up - and then check and top up the fluid level as required. The gearbox will take up a bit of the oil as it begins to turn (the reason you don't just fill it up static & assume the level will be okay), so wait for this to happen and top up as required - once again until the oil drains out of the filler hole (on models not fitted with a dip-stick tube). While your mate is still in the car and with foot firmly on the brake, get them to shuttle the gear selector between each of the gears, allowing time for the gearbox to select each and then move onto the next. This not only ensures everything is running as expected, but it bleeds the last bit of air out of the system so the level will be correct. Top up the oil again just to make sure. If you have the car on stands or ramps I strongly recommend you jack the other end of the car up so the car sit fairly level, otherwise you will get a false fill reading. There is enough oil in the transmission when it start to dribble out of the filler plug hole. It may pay to start the car as above and run thru the gears to ensure correct level is reached - although extra care will have to be taken to avoid putting the car in a position where it may fall with you under it! Next replace the filler plug and you're done! Time to clean up... ( To ask questions relating to this document, CLICK HERE. )
FILLING THE GEARBOX WITH OIL (FULL-flush-method) : If you're going for the full flush (as we did) there is a bit more involved in it. First, remove the lower oil cooler line feeding the RH tank on the radiator, and fit a flexible rubber hose to it, long enough to drain the oil into a used-oil container. Once again, start the car - in much the same way as detailed in the non-full-flush-method, and have the person under the car start feeding oil into the gearbox. Continue to do so until a clear, red stream of oil flows out of the disconnected radiator cooler line (or you run out of oil in your 20L oil container), and then turn the car off. Replace all lines, and top up for the last time while the engine is running again (having shuttled the gearbox through each of the gears as described in the non-flush method). Once this is done, replace the oil plug and THAT'S IT - YOU'RE FINISHED! Time to clean up!
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