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From: Cliff Hansen <cliff_hansen@outlook.com><br>
To: John Macartney <john.macartney@ukpips.org.uk>; ptegler <ptegler@verizon.net>; 'Don Hiscock' <don.hiscock@gmail.com>; 'Randall' <tr3driver@ca.rr.com><br>
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Subject: Re: [TR] Looking for suggestions on tools to use to top off Triumph transmissions<br>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">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.</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">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</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">😊</span><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
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.</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> 30 August 2018 04:46<br>
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<div>take a look at (forgive me) the MG Midget cover plug for the tranny dipstck</div>
<div>big round plug, VERY easy to install in a hole...sits behind the radio over the tunnel</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">We almost did the dipstick top cover mod when we upgraded my TR3B to OD. Can’t remember now why we didn’t....<br>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">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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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On 28 August 2018 18:24:25 GMT-04:00, Dave Connitt <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" removedlink__39a11040-026d-4029-b822-684d53303cb3__href="mailto:dconnitt@fuse.net">dconnitt@fuse.net</a>> wrote:
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">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.
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US"> 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.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">What have you guys done?</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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