Outer Limits 4x4 Board

JUST DROPED THE OIL OUTTA THE GEAR BOX AND T/CASE . andi havenoticed that there are 3 bungs up on the side and 2 drain plugs . whats the go with the middle one is that the level for the g/box????

urgent feed back needed as i need it back on the road tonite.

thanks jamie

what sort of car mate?

sometimes cars with a gearbox originally designed as a 4sp but produced as a 5sp, or that have an overdrive unit on them, will have another fill plug/drain plug for 5th/overdrive gear, best to drain them all anyway and fill em with whatever came out

yeah i got it sorted . it looks as if it was like that and they have just bunged the higest one but there was only one drain bung on the g/box . so i went with the one i could get off and it worked cause it took nearly 4 lters off oil just in the g/box and bit over two in the t/case and i now have no more g/box t/case noise so it all worked for the better. thanks any way.

thanks jamie

There should be 2 drains and 2 fills, one each on gearbox and timing case, if you undo the one with the torx fitting you will root your gearbox, so dont undo it.

OK, why will removing the torx fitting wreck your gearbox gribble. It may be some joke I missed im unsure

apparently a mate who i couldnt contact at the time says .and i quote " YOU F*?*N IDIOT DONT EVEN LOOK AT THE F*?*N TOP ONE PUT DOWN THE ALLEN KEY AND STEP AWAY. " he near shit when i showed him what i ment and wht i thort i should do. but still didnt xpanle to me why . but the manual i found earlyer today says something about a lock out bearig or sumfing like that.

Depending on the gearbox, some have shafts and bearings that are located or tensioned by bolts have the head external on the gearbox, so undoing this could potentially let something drop into the box, and then you are screwed, have to remove and strip box to fix.
Layto....

Gribble wrote: if you undo the one with the torx fitting you will root your gearbox, so dont undo it.

Why? In a 2wd gearbox this is the fill point. On a 4wd gearbox the fill point is in the rear extension housing and the one in the front of the case just has the torx bolt fitted. The 4wd box has a slightly larger oil capacity.

lay80n wrote:Depending on the gearbox, some have shafts and bearings that are located or tensioned by bolts have the head external on the gearbox, so undoing this could potentially let something drop into the box, and then you are screwed, have to remove and strip box to fix.
Layto....

The only things in a Toyota box anything like you describe are detent springs and balls. Even if you undo them the worst case senario is the ball will fall out on the ground. There is not much chance of mistaking these for a fill or drain plug as they are only small.