01-23-2004, 04:03 AM
Ok guys,
I need a bit more advice on my motor. I read a couple of guides on changing the lower gear oil and all of them say to do it with the motor upright. But looking at my motor it looks as if it should be done with the motor laying on the garage floor. The vent and fill hole are aligned properly then. One thing that puzzles me though is the screw head sizes. The fill screwhead is pretty large, easily twice as large as the vent. But the hose in the fill kit I bought matches the vent hole.
As far as I see it I can do two things:
Fill it with the motor laying on the floor. This would be hard as the fill hole is so large it won't accept the fill kit tube I bought or even if I cut the end from a container of lower gear oil. I'm sure I could do it however if this is the proper way.
As another option, I could keep the motor in an upright position and use the hole marked vent to fill it. The hole is the proper size to accept the fill kit tube or the tip to the container of lower gear oil. In this position, the fill hole would be 1/8" to 1/4" above the vent hole. This wouldn't leave very much room for oil in the reservoir.
I'm hoping that that was clearly stated, but I have a digital camera and I can email or post pictures if will help anyone understand this better. I don't know how to post a pic, but I'm sure I could figure it out if I had too.
Let me know what you think,
Mark
On second thought I figured I'd post pics anyhow.. it's got to be easier.
ps. I'm going get a gas can and hose right now. I don't think the few I saw at Wal-Mart matched and I'm not sure if they have all the fittings I need to put one together from the universal kit.. we'll see.
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I need a bit more advice on my motor. I read a couple of guides on changing the lower gear oil and all of them say to do it with the motor upright. But looking at my motor it looks as if it should be done with the motor laying on the garage floor. The vent and fill hole are aligned properly then. One thing that puzzles me though is the screw head sizes. The fill screwhead is pretty large, easily twice as large as the vent. But the hose in the fill kit I bought matches the vent hole.
As far as I see it I can do two things:
Fill it with the motor laying on the floor. This would be hard as the fill hole is so large it won't accept the fill kit tube I bought or even if I cut the end from a container of lower gear oil. I'm sure I could do it however if this is the proper way.
As another option, I could keep the motor in an upright position and use the hole marked vent to fill it. The hole is the proper size to accept the fill kit tube or the tip to the container of lower gear oil. In this position, the fill hole would be 1/8" to 1/4" above the vent hole. This wouldn't leave very much room for oil in the reservoir.
I'm hoping that that was clearly stated, but I have a digital camera and I can email or post pictures if will help anyone understand this better. I don't know how to post a pic, but I'm sure I could figure it out if I had too.
Let me know what you think,
Mark
On second thought I figured I'd post pics anyhow.. it's got to be easier.
ps. I'm going get a gas can and hose right now. I don't think the few I saw at Wal-Mart matched and I'm not sure if they have all the fittings I need to put one together from the universal kit.. we'll see.
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