[Healeys] Gear box woes

Richard Kahn tahoehealey at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 18 22:01:38 MDT 2011


Thanks, I couldn't get the plug out. Only the big brass one with the basket
and magnet. So I guess there was one more Qt in there. Should be no problem as
what came out seemed clean. But 3 Qts is only 6 pints and the Moss catalog
says over 8 1/5 pints.
Rich Kahn

> From: sbyers at ec.rr.com
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:10:09 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gear box woes
>
> Richard, when I change my gearbox oil, I also drain the overdrive and clean
> the magnet washers and strainer since the gearbox and overdrive share an
oil
> supply.  If you do that, then the gearbox should take 3 U.S. quarts to
> refill it to the proper level.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Richard Kahn
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 9:10 PM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] Gear box woes
>
> Well, it was a great day to change the oil. Did that and
>  then decided to replace the gear box oil since it had been 3 years. The
>  Moss catalog says 8.6 pints. I bought a pump to pump the MT90 in behind
>  the radio. Sounded like a good idea to use a pump. I put in 3 Qts and
> decided to check with the dip stick. Said I was over by about a Qt.
> Thought I could just reverse the pump and suck some out. Then the
> proverbial fan was hit. The 5 inch hose fell off and into the gear box.
> Took everything out and removed the top of the gear box and fished the
> hose out put it all back together. What a pain. So, exactly how much
> does the gear box hold? It now read right on with just two Qts. Am I
> missing something?
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