[TR] TR4A - OD not engaging. Not enough fluid?

[Greg Lemon]

Agree with Geo, an old BMC mechanic and buddy of mine suggested jacking the 
front end of the car way up before adding the recommended amount of oil into 
the gearbox, letting gravity help to pursuade the fluid back into the O/D.

Greg Lemon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>
To: "G.D. Huggins" <guy at genfiniti.com>; "Triumphs" <Triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A - OD not engaging. Not enough fluid?


> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 7:25 PM, G.D. Huggins <guy at genfiniti.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible that I did not put enough fluid in the gearbox, even 
>> though
>> it
>> was starting to run out the filling hole?
>>
>>
>>
> You usually can't fill both the gearbox and the OD all in one go.  You
> either have to wait awhile and add more or run things a bit and add more.
>
> I think you'll find that it will now accept more oil.
>
> Geo
>
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