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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My curiosity is largely academic. I do tend to fill, dip, fill & dip until it’s right, but I would like to know where the official start line is!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> 24 May 2015 15:14<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Gearbox oil volume<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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.<br><br>Bob<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 5/24/2015 6:32 AM, Simon Lachlan wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>My car’s Driver’s Handbook page 7, (AKD 3915A) tells me that:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>my MkII BT7’s gearbox takes 5.75 imp pts (6.90 US pts) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>its overdrive takes 1.33 imp pts (1.75 US pts)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>My BMC Workshop Manual (AKD 1179D) tells me that:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>gearbox 4.0 imp pts (4.80 US pts)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Total gearbox, overdrive fitted, 5.25 imp pts (6.30 US pts)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>My Haynes manual goes for:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Standard box:- 5 imp pts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With overdrive:- 6.25 pts <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>My Autopress manual (Kenneth Ball) goes for:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Standard box:- 5 imp pts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With overdrive:- 6.25 pts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ie only Haynes and Autopress agree.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any ideas? I don’t recall this coming up before.....<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(And I didn’t mention Redline once!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>