Ed,
Congrats on getting the OD fixed. That's huge!
Methinks you're going about the oil filling the wrong way. I've got a '72, but
it is just like my old '68 in this regard. The oil filler can be accessed from
inside of the car. There's a hole on top of the transmission tunnel behind the
radio area, under the dash, reachable from the passenger side of the car. It's
not an easy fit for normal hands, but it is doable. You have to pull the
carpet out of the way, find the hole, which should be covered by a damn hard
rubber plug. Pull that out, and you'll find the loopy end of the dipstick.
Pull that out. Now here's where an oil pump comes in handy. You can try a
funnel and a hose, but if you slip you end up with a lot of oil inside your
cockpit. I got a fairly cheap pump from a standard automotive store that works
fine, but slow. Make sure, however, that the hose is going into the dipstick
hole and doesn't slip off the side of the tranny or you'll do a great job of
oiling the floor of your garage or driveway.
Jay Donoghue
72 MGB-GT
66 Mustang
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Woods <fogbro1@comcast.net>
To: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Fri, Jul 23, 2010 3:24 pm
Subject: [Mgs] Filling gearbox on an MGB
List,
I've just had the unpleasant experience of filling the o/d gearbox on my '72
MGB with an old Sears oil gun. A good deal of the oil was on me and the
floor. Even less fun when you're trying to do it with the car on jackstands
and ramps. 3 quarts also necessitated 6 trips from under the car for (messy)
refills.
Does anyone have a better method short of buying a lift or taking it to
someone else? A pump of some kind perhaps?
The only good news is that the addition of a non return valve spring has
fixed the overdrive! Guess the guy who sold it to me on Ebay left that small
piece out!
Ed Woods
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