Outer Limits 4x4 Board

G'day,

I'm just about to check the levels in my transfer case and gearbox and fill up if needed.

What does everyone use to get the oil into the box besides filling from the stick hole. I bought a little oil pump thing from supercheap but the oil just trickles out.

What pumps or tools does everyone use to get the oil in the fill hole (as its on the side of the box and cant tip the oil in)

Any help would be great.

Cheers

i use a funnel with a length of hose attached to it, yes when box is full you will loose a holse full of oil, but its easy,

and you either remove shifter boot and have someone poor the oil in while your underholding he hose,

thats the best way i found,

I use the 1ltr bottle with the nozzle that pulls out, squeeze the oil out fill and repeat! eventually the bottle dies, than you just buy another full of oil and reuse! From memory it's the castrol one I use. Works for me and no extra costs

You use to be able to purchase 1 litre bottles with a hose attached to the lid with the oil already in them and squeeze it in and keep filling it or get a big syringe (macnaught etc).

I use an oil syringe. Not as flash as the pic but it works well.

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Thanks a heap fellers, appreciate it.

This has been covered b4. I needed to change oil in boxes and diffs and tried the garden pressure sprayer method. Found it worked a treat and no wastage and climbing up and under vehicle all the time

I use a mcnaught plunger pump in a 20L drum. They're not all that expensive (especially compared to the cost of the 20L drum to put it in!) Jam the hose in the hole and count the pumps (IIRC each pump stroke is 100mL).

They also come with an adapter so they thay can be used in 5L bottles.

-Stu

I put the car on one of my hoists, remove the fill plug, pop the nozzle in the hole and pump the oil out of a 60l drum.
It's easy, i'll do yours for you to if you like
Dan

heres the easiest way if you have a compressor:

get an empty coke bottle, piece of hose that will fit inside the filler hole, piece of pipe and a clamp to suit hose an air blow gun and some epoxy or quick steel putty.

drill 2 holes in the lid of the coke bottle, one to suit the piece of pipe and another to be a neat fit for the nozzle of your blow gun.

insert the pipe into the lid so that it sits just off the bottom of the bottle, epoxy it in place from the outside AND inside of the lid.

fill bottle with oil, fit lid, get under car, insert hose to filler hole, insert blow gun into bottle and gently squeeze trigger to pressurise bottle. (be careful not to use too much pressure or you will make a mess, it doesnt take much at all to get the oil moving)

as the air goes in it forces the oil out, the only way out is through the hose which feeds into the gearbox/diff etc....

Easy, cheap, clean, reusable and measurable, (coke bottle is 600ml)

v840 wrote:^^^^^^^^same^^^^^^^^

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I've got a tom thumb pump, but they're pretty slow, especically to fill from empty. A complete PITA if you're pumping 140W too.

Or you could take the shifter out and fill though the cab.... mind the carpet though

Steve.