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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="white" background="cid:image001.gif@01D43EFA.ABA6F9E0" lang="EN-US" link="#000099" vlink="#339966">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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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-- Randall<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 August 2018 18:24:25 GMT-04:00, Dave Connitt <dconnitt@fuse.net> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">What have you guys done?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Dave Connitt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">’67 TR4A IRS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>