<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6247">This is a copy of my message on the triumphs list.</div><div tabindex="0" style="display: table; width: 1116px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 12px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6312"><div style="display: table-cell; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6313"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6314"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6315"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6316"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6317">We've all heard the phrase, "well, I've got good news and I've got bad news", right. A few weeks ago</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6318">some one mentioned that maybe the reason my TR 6 wouldn't go into any gear while running might</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6319">be because of low oil within the transmission. So, he good news is that I was so far under my car</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6320">that nobody could see a 67 year old man crying. The bad news is first that the nut on the side of</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6321">the transmission case had been mis handled so many times that it was nicked and bungled up that no size socket</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6322">could get a grip on it. This caused my creative mind to churn and churn,,,,,and churn. I decided</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6323">that the rubber-like tapered re-stoppers I use to recork my wine bottles, if I drilled a hole into and through one,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6324">bought a hand squeeze siphon from PepBoys, ran the hose from that into the stopper and the other end</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6325">into a bottle of oil and squeeze and squeeze until I thought the oil level were correct. Of course this would be a tricky</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6326">operation what with having to remove the drain bolt. Rubber plugs and oil; just imagine the possibilities!! Oil came out</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6327">and into the hose it should have been going out of as well as all over my hand and driveway. I would say that yes</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6328">there was a good possibility the oil was low judging by the small amount on the driveway. Maybe 1/2 to 3/4 cup</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6329">before it turned into a drip. Now, how much oil to get it back to the proper level? Question #2, do you think </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6330">that the same fountain pump I used to drain the pan under my leaky kitchen drain would have the same ease</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6331">pumping oil as it did water? (I guess I could try it first) Ok, along with oil came what appears to be a 3/8" magnet</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6332">with shavings on both ends. I'm at a loss on that other than to say it did it's job of collecting fragments of my gears.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6333">If the pump idea doesn't work I'm not sure what to do. The fill nut,,,,,I've tried everything and can't get anything close </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6334">enough to the base of the nut to really get a good grip. I've thought about taking the transmission cover off and </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6335">coming at it from the inside of the "cockpit". Dangit!!! the weather is so nice here in Jacksonville now </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6336">AND I have to get THIS car on the road because since March 1st we've been driving a rental due to trouble</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6337">with the '98 Maxima. This has been an up and down day emotionally. Wife disabled 16 years, oldest son with</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6338">three bulging discs and NO cartilage in one knee,,,,been in the E.R. SEVEN times in the last month and the younger</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6339">son's 2000 Subaru Impreza in my garage with a blown engine,,,,,,,,,,,,,and my hips are killing me. Might be quicker</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6340">to just have the car fall on me:))) Not. Sorry that I'm so long winded, you ought to see me on Facebook, or, if it </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6341">is ok with those who run this list you could take a look at my "art" done on computer. It's at: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/219699" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462582939670_6342">http://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/219699</a> Thanks all.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>