Changing gearbox oil

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Sorry folks, I know there have been many, many oil posts, but looking for some clarity.

Have changed all the other oils without a problem, but am stuck on the gearbox oil, what have you found to be the best way of getting the new oil in? Stupid question I know, but couldn't figure it out whilst under the 110 today so your help is appreciated.
 
Thanks folks, I was laying there with a turkey baster at one point trying to figure if that would work!
 
Cut a bit off of your garden hose. Fiddle it down through engine bay, poke it into filler hole of gearbox and then push an oil funnel into other end - works a treat and no mess.
 
A couple of years ago I purchesed a Silverline syringe (see picture below) for about £6 and it is perfect for the job.
For the previous 25-years of LR ownership I used (and still use for doing the axles etc) a 1-pint gear-oil bottle c/w plastic spout. It does the gear & transfer-boxes perfectly (I have two bottles, one for the gearbox and another for gear-oil), the bottle is small enough to fit into the correct position and the spout flexible enough to allow me to get the angle right. All done from the underside and takes a matter of minutes just refilling the bottle when necessary.
Modern gear-oil bottles tend to be bigger and the sputs not as flexible hence why I hung onto my old bottles but the syringe is perfect.


 
Litch said:
A couple of years ago I purchesed a Silverline syringe (see picture below) for about £6 and it is perfect for the job.
For the previous 25-years of LR ownership I used (and still use for doing the axles etc) a 1-pint gear-oil bottle c/w plastic spout. It does the gear & transfer-boxes perfectly (I have two bottles, one for the gearbox and another for gear-oil), the bottle is small enough to fit into the correct position and the spout flexible enough to allow me to get the angle right. All done from the underside and takes a matter of minutes just refilling the bottle when necessary.
Modern gear-oil bottles tend to be bigger and the sputs not as flexible hence why I hung onto my old bottles but the syringe is perfect.


http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h460/Litch1/90/silverline-380451-
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That looks just the job, many thanks :)
 
Machine Mart do a Clarke metal version of that for a couple of quid more. I use it for filling my diffs and transfer box, as the oil is very thick for them. You can unscrew the top to fill it then just lie back, pump away and think of England :)

Clarke CGG500 500cc Oil Suction Gun - Machine Mart

I prefer the garden sprayer method for the gearbox oil as the oil is much thinner, so with a decent sprayer you can fill the gearbox is one quick operation with next to no effort.
 
Che said:
Sorry folks, I know there have been many, many oil posts, but looking for some clarity.

Have changed all the other oils without a problem, but am stuck on the gearbox oil, what have you found to be the best way of getting the new oil in? Stupid question I know, but couldn't figure it out whilst under the 110 today so your help is appreciated.
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if you have a seat in the middle pull the cushion out of the way,remove the access plate,remove the very tight fill plug on the box,stick a length of tubing in it,run that up through the access hole now open in the cab,connect a bottle of oil to it,bit of adapting hose to bottle required,hold bottle high up,upside down when oil starts to flow into the gearbox punch a small hole in the top of the bottle to let air in,simples,dont know if this is as easy to do if you have a cubby box though
 
Thanks all for the help, just wanted to follow it up and say the pump pictured earlier in the thread made it a two minute job :) :)
 
Highly recommend the oilsafe pump, not cheap but makes life so easy, have used mine hundreds of times in the last 7/8 years and its just brilliant.
 
Yes, I love my Oilsafe. It was dear but when you consider what you save in servicing costs over the years it is worth it.
 
I work in catering so I grabbed a new pelican pump that we use for washing up liquid dispensing, cut the spout off and shove a length of rubber tubing to it and a bit more on the intake end so it reaches the bottom of the oil container. The pump screws onto the thread of a 5lt oil bottle shove the tube in the filler hole and pump away.. perfect
 
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