Dan Ray wrote:
>
> Well listers, I changed the oil in both engine and trans for the first time
> today.
> The motor oil was fine, no biggie, piece of cake. The tranny.....GRRRR.
> Yep, the checker/filler is in FRONT ie FORWARD of the radio console, not
> "behind" the Console as I was thinking (and Haynes said! grrrr, again). I'm
> not a Navy guy or I'd use the more descriptive Aft and Astern or whatever,
> confusing terms for a land lubber. The bung cover was easy, the dipstick was
> easy, getting the oil OUT was easy (and it looked almost NEW!).
> But man, what a messy, god forsaken job getting the new oil back in was!!!
> As an NOF (Non Old Fart) or "tweener" (?!) I duly ignored the advice of
> getting a pump device to get the oil in there, I found a tube like device at
> Autozone that allows you to connect one end to the oil bottle and close/open
> the flow...ahhh, but the rub is, folks, no air = no flow! so here I am, on
> my knees, ass waving to the other bemused patrons of the Auto Craft Shop,
> with my "handy" $4 device, trying to hold the one end in the open filler
> hole and attempting to poke a hole in the (now slippery) oil bottle with a
> phillips...no nail handy...Worked great, until the bottle is about 3/4
> empty, then El Halto, and how do you get the bottle, and "handy device" out
> of the car without spilling? You don't, especially since I poked a hole in
> the bottom of the bottle...
> moral of the story to the uninitiated: Get a pump device, or a funnel with a
> LONG tube and a friend to hold the free end in to the filler hole so you
> aren't lubricating the outside of the tranny instead of the inside...
> Just thought I'd share....
> I'm still smiling, and so is my B! And I only cursed once - when I couldn't
> find a dustpan to clean up all the dry-sweep! I'm learning. :)
>
> Dan
> '73 B
Hey Dan - If it was easy it wouldnt be an MG!!
:)
Rick
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