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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: paul and sam on July 19, 2006, 20:23:45

Title: gear box
Post by: paul and sam on July 19, 2006, 20:23:45: evening all can anyone advise me . i am looking to replace the oil in the transfer box and gear box .the problem is i am not sure what type of oil to use the haynes manual says to use ep80/90 for the transfer box and to use atf !! oil for the main gearbox . is this right? it is a k plate and i am not sure if this advice is right ? any help would be aprichated as we are looking to go to billing this weekend and i want to change it before we go many thanks..

and they say this is ment to be fun :(biglaugh):
Title: gear box
Post by: Xtremeteam on July 19, 2006, 20:50:19: yeh you use ATF for the main box & EP90 for the transfer box
Title: re gear box
Post by: paul and sam on July 19, 2006, 21:10:37: many thanks for the info i will be draining both tommrow and re filling with the new oil

and they say this is ment to be fun :(biglaugh):
Title: gear box
Post by: extreme90 on July 19, 2006, 21:38:09: or do as i do and dont run with any in :lol:
Title: gear box
Post by: denviks on July 19, 2006, 21:44:42: Quote from: "thebiggreenthing"
or do as i do and dont run with any in :lol:

think im at that stage now.....developed a nice drip from trasfere box now :(
Title: gear box
Post by: bullfrog on July 19, 2006, 23:27:53: OOPS :(
Need to sort that then before it goes bang on the school run :!:
Title: gear box
Post by: denviks on July 19, 2006, 23:29:00: Quote from: "bullfrog"
OOPS :(
Need to sort that then before it goes bang on the school run :!:

tis off to scotland in just over a weeks time..... so looks like i might be topping it up along the way :wink:
Title: gear box
Post by: MTyrrell on July 20, 2006, 10:00:17: Just don't do what I did and put EP90 in the main box :shock:. Got 200 yards and couldn't get in to any gear. Made allot more work for myself darning it all again after. #-o. EP90 stinks as well. Could smell it for days
Title: gear box
Post by: Range Rover Blues on July 29, 2006, 13:46:04: Whereas I ran a B-W T-Box on ep90 for a year with no harm done at all, I even added some oil stabiliser to that and all it did was stop the noise from the front prop/diff coming through the transmission (pre castor correction).