Gearbox Oil Changing - Which Allan Key?

[rlees85]

Hi im going to do my gearbox oil today but i dont seem to have any allan keys that fit, so im going to go for a trip to somewhere to get some. Just wondered if anyone knew which size they were for the drain and filler plugs?

thanks

for some reason on ciscos site the guide says a socket will fit straight in, but mine definatly needs an allan key not a sqaure-shaped drive, which is weird maybe?

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ok i used abit of iniative and found out myself, for those who need to know its:

drain: 14mm hex bit
filler: 10mm hex bit

both may need to be tapped in with a hammer VERY GENTLY

 

[nizzanz1]

could be the 2000+ boxes are different.
normally its square.

 

[RIK]

i think its a 1/4 or 1/2 inch socket lol

edit: read you edited bit... dunno why yours is different ;s

 

[rlees85]

could be the 2000+ boxes are different.
normally its square.

more than likely the cause.

would just like to add, anybody who thinks this is hard, its not, its easy! even i found it easy and im useless

 

[nizzanz1]

hard bit is getting the oil into the thing.

 

[Arnold]

hard bit is getting the oil into the thing.

Lol! When mine was done, a long tube was used extending outside the engine bay, so it could be poured in from height, and making it much easier to do

 

[Craig]

hard bit is getting the oil into the thing.

Not wit hthe later boxes as they have a fill hole on the top so that you don't have to muck about with the speedo cable etc.

 

[rlees85]

my fill hole was near the bottom, and it would have been next to impossible to do it without some hosing fed thru the engine bay. im just glad its done now, it really is awful stuff, smells just like bum wee.

 

[RIK]

Not wit hthe later boxes as they have a fill hole on the top so that you don't have to muck about with the speedo cable etc.

you dont have to use the speedo cable hole though,the filler hole is on the front

 

[Craig]

Erm, that's what i said...

 

[RIK]

on the early k11

 

[hughes_16v]

yes when you refill on the earlier K11 you pour through the speedo cable, my speedo cable was seized when my clutch was changed and had to be pumped in from the drain and then quickly put the drain plug back in

 

[RIK]

yes when you refill on the earlier K11 you pour through the speedo cable, my speedo cable was seized when my clutch was changed and had to be pumped in from the drain and then quickly put the drain plug back in

i thought there was a filler hole at the front of the box on the early ones....must be the ga16 im thinking of

 

[rlees85]

yes when you refill on the earlier K11 you pour through the speedo cable, my speedo cable was seized when my clutch was changed and had to be pumped in from the drain and then quickly put the drain plug back in

tried to pour it through my speedo cable hole becuase im lazy but the electric speedo drive wouldnt move maybe thats why they started using a filler hole on the later boxes.

 

[Swiper]

all k11 gearboxes have filler holes on the front of the box. it's also a fluid level check. oil should be filled upto the hole so it just/nearly comes out.

 

[Craig]

No they don't, it is only the post 98 ones that have that.

 

[Yom]

No they don't, it is only the post 98 ones that have that.

My 96 build K11 has a front filler plug, every other k11 (95 & 96 builds) in australia has one....

 

[nizzanz1]

pre 98 1.0 boxes are different.

 

[Yom]

ahhh 1L. Well that explains it. Nissan's subtle way of teaching those who bought the 1L a lesson.

 

[Craig]

My 96 build K11 has a front filler plug, every other k11 (95 & 96 builds) in australia has one....

Do you know your gear ratios by chance?

 

[nizzanz1]

the 1.0 box is very speedy though, same weight flywheel as a JUN. shorter ratios.