gear box oil
- Thread starter donthedec
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pollyp
Club Member
unless you wanna risk running low on gearbox oil or having to go out and buy new oil, yes I'd advise draining & store your current gear oil for later IF it's in good condition. if it's all very dark n old, imo renew it.
depending on how familiar you are with the micra engine bay & basic tools, to me it's real easy.
- lower car down onto a level ground for measuring oil level later..
- remove airbox to allow access down into where the speedo cable enters the back of the gearbox.
- unscrew speedo cable off the gearbox.
- remove 10mm bolt holding the speedo pinion unit to the gearbox.
- remove the speedo pinion unit by twisting the bolt hole tab anti-clockwise to one side then gently pull & twist the tab upwards to remove it.
- stick a long pipe & funnel down into the hole.
- pour bout 2.5-3L of gear oil in bit by bit like engine oil, dont wanna overfill.
- on 1.3 manual boxes, check the gear oil level by sticking the engine oil dipstick down the hole to the bottom and check marking (the dipstick max level measures the same as what the spec says).
- fit & bolt in speedo unit.
- align the little notch in the speedo inner cable to the receiving gap in the speedo units hole & insert & screw the outer cable down.
- fit airbox.
Great so that's the best way to get the gear oil .
My mechanic well so called mechanic
Was trying to get oil back in through level plug by a crafty feed tank and it was,a good ltr left out that was not put in ..!!!
He took shaft out to count the splines so I can order correct shaft..which is 24splines gearbox end..
But he needed space so had to take car back untill I get new drive shaft.
So will take it easy
Untill
I get job done and new oil in
Gear box
If I can suggest using 70/80 oil as the gear change is a lot smoother. Ive tried various viscosities and for my coilpack gearbox this ended up being the best.
