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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>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/24/2015 6:32 AM, Simon Lachlan
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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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"
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style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt
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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>
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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>
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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>
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<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>
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