Filling Gear Box

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited November -1 in HUDSON
OK. I am almost ready to drain, flush and fill my gear box.



The fill plug is located in the passenger side, top, rad of the box.



How does one fill it without a hole in the floor board above to pour via a funnel?



Do you use one of those oil pumps with the flexible necks?

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  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    I use one for that and the rear end. Lot easier than tryin to run the stuff up hill.
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Is there not a cut-out in the floor for the cover over where the right-hand-drive brake cylinder would be? My r.h.d. Hornet has both holes. The brake cylinder cover allows access to the filler plug for the transmission. My Jet also has holes in both sides of the floor.

    Geoff.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I could not find one. the underside is coated with the OEM undercoating/rust proofing stuff. And I find nothing under the old floor mat one that side. I will scape the floor a little and see (it has stuff on it like a rust rust proofer). But the Master Cylinder access panel was very easily identified. So that leads me to think - well I do not know what to think. I can not find a reference to an access hole for the gear box in my manuals.
  • mars55
    mars55 Senior Contributor
    You can use a suction gun, like Harbor Freight offers.



    http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95468
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    hate to suggest it, but can you just pull the center floor pan? it bolts out faily easy...
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    pacemaker/wasp floors are a pain in the $@#%@#$% to pull out- it also makes up half the firewall and you have to do stuff like unbolt your front seat and take the heater out
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I've pulled my floor pan so many times, I can't remember where my heater is. obviously, it is not in the car....
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    Since you will probably only do this a few times in your lifetime. By far the easiest is to buy a small suction gun at Harbor Freight or some other auto supply store. .. go for it.

    I made my own "power" filler years ago when i was forever refilling the differenial in my stock car.( A gear change every Saturday to race at two different tracks). I took an old propane gas grille cylinder. Welded a pipe in the top to use as a filler for the lube and used a pipe cap to seal it. Welded another pipe in it that reached nearly to the bottom. Connected that pipe with a flexible hydraulic power steering hose that had a curved section on the end. Put a valve in that line to turn it on and off. drilled a hole and tapped it for a valve stem. I use about 10-15 lbs pressure. Makes life much easier.All junk parts.

    I don't suppose I need to warn anyone to be careful welding on an old propane cylinder???

    See Y'all at Pigeon Forge

    Dave W.(FL)
  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    I Didn't Use 90 Wt. In My Trans Or Rear End I Used Lucas Fulid I Used The Engine Oil Additive And I Used The Qt. Plastic Bottle It Came In To Fill Both The Trans And Rear End It Was Easy
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    PAULARGETYPE wrote:
    I Didn't Use 90 Wt. In My Trans Or Rear End I Used Lucas Fluid......



    I am also going to use the Lucus Gear Oil. I just have to wait for a few more dollars to roll in before I buy the little oiler pump.
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