Problems after Gearbox Oil and Filer Change.

[Oli18]

Hey Billbags

Glad you got it all sorted...sounds like you really got away with it in the nick of time!...

You must be over the moon to have had it fixed now and 'given it some' now that you can (again!)

-Oli

[Billbags]

Hey Oli,

You got that right! I was sweating and thinking that I had made a major boo boo. The reason I had changed the oil was due to a rev flare moving into top. That flare has now gone!

If only that mechanic had locked the shafts and fitted the belt properly, I wouldn't have had all that grief.

As I mentioned, the moral of the story must be to be careful who one gets to 'muck' about with our 8's.

Mark

[harpersimon]

I would be baying for blood. Lets have the name of the garage so we don't go there..

[Figure11]

The way I got round the 'one man ATF change' problem was to buy a second sump plug and drill 2 holes in it. One x 10mm and 1 x 6mm.

I then pushed a tight interference fit 10mm ally tube in the big hole until the end is level with the face of the plug. The 6mm hole got a looser interference fit 6mm ally pipe that sticks up about the same height (maybe a bit more) than the lip on the pan.

Once drained I put in the new plug attached my ATF supply tube to it and fill with ATF until it comes out the 6mm tube.

I can hang my ATF supply up and work the shifter i.a.w Audipages guide. Keep doing this until its coming out all the time then take the supply tube off (engine still running) and let the ATF drain out of the supply pipe. Once it stops, take out the second plug and replace with the original (engine still running). Robert is your mothers brother! :D I'll get a photo of the kit and add it later.

Mike

Here is the photos of the kit I described above.....

Mike

[harpersimon]

British Engineering at its best! This is why all the F1 teams are here. Well ok except the red one.