[Healeys] Gearbox oil volume

[Bob Spidell]

Offhand, I'd believe the workshop manual first.  If you're doing a 
drain-and-fill, you don't know for sure how much residual oil is left so 
you have to go by the dipstick anyway.

Bob

On 5/24/2015 6:32 AM, Simon Lachlan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 1)My car’s Driver’s Handbook page 7, (AKD 3915A) tells me that:
>
> my MkII BT7’s gearbox takes 5.75 imp pts (6.90 US pts)
>
> its overdrive takes 1.33 imp pts (1.75 US pts)
>
> 2)My BMC Workshop Manual (AKD 1179D) tells me that:
>
> gearbox               4.0 imp pts (4.80 US pts)
>
> Total gearbox, overdrive fitted, 5.25 imp pts (6.30 US pts)
>
> 3)My Haynes manual goes for:
>
> Standard box:- 5 imp pts
>
> With overdrive:- 6.25 pts
>
> 4)My Autopress manual (Kenneth Ball) goes for:
>
> Standard box:- 5 imp pts
>
> With overdrive:- 6.25 pts
>
> ie only Haynes and Autopress agree.
>
> I’ve had this Healey for +/- 20 years and I’ve never noticed these 
> discrepancies! I seem to have survived by using the dip stick, but I’d 
> bet that I’ve overfilled more than once.
>
> Any ideas? I don’t recall this coming up before.....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
> (And I didn’t mention Redline once!)
>

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