Ke70 Gearbox Oil? How Do I Get It In

[Millaz88]

Hey guys just don't my 5 speed change over and went to fill the box up with nice new oil and can't get the plug out is there a trick or is it just well stuck?

Thanks

Miller

[ke71-rolla]

Check the FAQ and find out how many ltrs in a gearbox.

 

Take out the shifter, and pour it in through the top, its just all too easy.

 

K50

 

Oil capacity:4.2 lmp pints(2.45L)

 

There ya go!

Edited June 10, 2011 by ke71-rolla

[Millaz88]

Thank god that will work

Sucks that I have put the car back together already haha

Cheers

Miller

[towe001]

I poured the oil for my thing the hole for the reversing switch.

 

From memory it was castrol vmx80 that i used.

[Millaz88]

The gy at bersons gave me penrite hypoid gear oil 80w-90

Has anyone used that? He said I could use it in the diff or gearbox does this seem right?

[Evan G]

gb - castrol ep80w

diff - castrol hypoint long drain (epx90)

[towe001]

80w-90 ??

Take it back... Unless your going to use it in the diff.

I used 80w-90 in the g'box by accident and when cold gear changes was nothing but a mission impossible.

Castrol VMX80 is what i'm using and it changed the g'box from a teeth cleaner to a clean swapper.

[love ke70]

vmx 80.

jam the penrite shit done old mates throat.

castrol is the f@$kin win, penrite can keep their fancy packaging.

 

in future, pull the plug out before you put the box in ;)

 

is it a nut or is it the one you stick a 1/2" square drive in and turn and is round on the outside? if the later, a good pair of vice grips arond the outside should get it. do it every time i do diff oil on my patrol cause ive worn so much off the filler plug draggin it on rocks :P

 

if its a nut thats stripped, try encouraging a ring spanner on there in a slightly smaller imperial size, or straight jaws vice grips will likely work.

 

or if you just can't get it undone, try harder or use something longer, just make sure its on there good :)

 

if it were me, id get the filler plug out, fill the box from the shifter hole, and have a mate or your old man or missus under the car ready to throw the nut back in as soon as it starts coming out and telling you to stop filler, its easier than getting to the side of the box :)

[Evan G]

use a 6 point socket. i had the same problem with my filler plug on the seeda

[rian]

6 point FTMFW!

[love ke70]

people still use 12 point sockets?

 

only sockets i use are 6 face impacts, unless its really tight and i need a thinner 6 face shiny one

[Evan G]

12 point is perfect for making them round and slip. its only cause its made of super shit metal and 20 years of gayness.

 

i don't have problems on newer vehicles and 12 points

 

EDIT - also try smacking the head of the plug with a hammer a couple of times, this normally loosens everything up

Edited June 14, 2011 by Evan G

[love ke70]

thats cause new vehicle stuff isnt really tight, the filler plug probably hasnt been removed for 10 years on this box, new cars havnt had chance to corrode together.

[19914afc]

12 point is perfect for making them round and slip. its only cause its made of super shit metal and 20 years of gayness.

 

i don't have problems on newer vehicles and 12 points

EDIT - also try smacking the head of the plug with a hammer a couple of times, this normally loosens everything up

 

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ works a treat thats how I undo most diff plugs at work sometimes just with a few hits from a hammer and they just some loose.

[Millaz88]

Ok so I will be getting different gb oil tomorrow defiantly thanks guys thought it seemed strange