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

[Dave Connitt]

Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for the least painless way to check/top off my transmission fluid.

I am probably going to go with inserting a rubber floor pan plug into the side of my transmission cover.

Thanks again!

Dave Connitt

 

From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Cliff Hansen
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 4:26 PM
To: John Macartney <john.macartney at ukpips.org.uk>; ptegler at verizon.net; 'Don Hiscock' <don.hiscock at gmail.com>; 'Randall' <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [TR] Looking for suggestions on tools to use to top off Triumph transmissions

 

Just me, but I won’t be making this mod because I don’t trust myself to not spill gear oil on the carpets.  You can’t clean that stink out.

 

 

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From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> > on behalf of John Macartney <john.macartney at ukpips.org.uk <mailto:john.macartney at ukpips.org.uk> >
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Subject: Re: [TR] Looking for suggestions on tools to use to top off Triumph transmissions 

 

And if my memory serves me correctly (which these days it often doesn’t!) access to that plug and refilling the gearbox was an absolute s*d😊 That said, my ’59 Frogeye and ’65 Midget didn’t have dipsticks. Yer just poked in yer finger to check if it went into any oil.

 

Jonmac

 

From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> > On Behalf Of Paul Tegler
Sent: 30 August 2018 04:46
To: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com <mailto:don.hiscock at gmail.com> >; Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com <mailto:tr3driver at ca.rr.com> >
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net> 
Subject: Re: [TR] Looking for suggestions on tools to use to top off Triumph transmissions

 

take a look at (forgive me) the MG Midget cover plug for the tranny dipstck

big round plug, VERY easy to install in a hole...sits behind the radio over the tunnel

ptegler

 

On 8/29/2018 12:45 PM, Don Hiscock wrote:

The Le Mans TR3S and TRS cars did this into the 1960s, long after it had stopped in production.  

 

We almost did the dipstick top cover mod when we upgraded my TR3B to OD. Can’t remember now why we didn’t....

On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com <mailto:tr3driver at ca.rr.com> > wrote:

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 <mailto: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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