[TR] Looking for suggestions on tools to use to top off Triumph transmissions

[Randall]

FWIW, TR2 through early 3A had a dipstick for the gearbox. When I converted to a TR6 box, I used the early top cover casting, so I could keep the dipstick.

The dipstick hole is roughly 1" diameter, so with care you can pour directly into it. Lots less hassle than carrying a funnel and trying to keep it clean.

Of course, my car has the hole to access it, but it wouldn't be hard to add to a later car. And the usual suspects sell a big rubber plug to fit it.

-- Randall

On 28 August 2018 18:24:25 GMT-04:00, Dave Connitt <dconnitt at fuse.net> wrote:
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>I hope you have had a great 2018 driving season so far. I was lucky
>enough
>to travel from Cincinnati, Ohio to the 2018 Kas Kastner race in Beaver,
>Pa.
>myself which all totaled was about a 700 mile round trip. I had a great
>time
>and the car was problem free. 
>
>My question to the group is what types of tools to you use to top off
>your
>transmission. Especially on the road? They all leak a bit and mine is
>no
>different. What I am kind of concerned about is traveling on longer
>trips
>and doing normal maintenance like checking the fluid level in the
>transmission. I don’t have a access opening in my transmission tunnel
>right
>now but I plan to address that issue and that kind of gets me to my
>second
>question. But first, at the moment, to add transmission oil, I have to
>lift
>the entire car up on jack stands, wait for the oil to center itself,
>then
>unscrew the fill plug with a open end wrench. Not a solution for on the
>road
> So, I was thinking about cutting a hole big enough for a socket
>(6-point) or whatever will work on a ½” pipe plug, then use a 1 qt. oil
>can
>with a pump to top off the transmission. I can fabricate a metal cover
>to
>plug the hole.
>
>What have you guys done?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave Connitt
>
>’67 TR4A IRS
>
> 
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