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excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5834

1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue

Refillin R380 gearbox oil

Currently to fill the R380 I run a bit of pipe under the sill, over the chassis and into the filler and then use gravity to do the job. Is there an easier way ? I was thinking of like a garden sprayer type pump, put the oil in and then pump up the jam (sprayer) and then fill with the pipe.
But, not sure the pipe would be the correct bore to do the job with any speed.
Any other thoughts? 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

3rd Dec 2013 8:22pm

ibexman

Member Since: 13 Dec 2008
Location: Essex
Posts: 2942

How about pipe and a funnel from engine bay or a suction pump

3rd Dec 2013 8:29pm

StephenO

Member Since: 03 Dec 2010
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 246

What you've described above is exactly what I use, bought it out of Homebase for about 12 quid. Saves a lot of hassle.

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3rd Dec 2013 8:36pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

I've got a garden sprayer for this very purpose. It's slow but controllable and mess free. I've put a short length of rigid pipe in the end of the flexible tube, which helps it stay in place in the filler hole. Darren

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3rd Dec 2013 8:37pm

Phatcat

Member Since: 01 Nov 2013
Location: W yorks
Posts: 98

I've always used a gear oil pump bought from machine mart for about 15 kwid. Looks like a grease gun with a flexy tube on the end. It's quick, clean and cheap.

3rd Dec 2013 8:40pm

Lou Sparts

Member Since: 15 Apr 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 1501

2005 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

When changing my gearbox oil i feed a piece of plastic pipe from near the brake servo down to the filler hole and insert a funnel into the hose and simply pour the oil int the funnel and let gravity do the rest. 2005 Td5 90 XS

Steve

3rd Dec 2013 9:14pm

excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5834

So maybe my idea of the sprayer is a good one... Also good for axles & transfer case 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

3rd Dec 2013 9:16pm

landy andy

Member Since: 15 Feb 2009
Location: Ware, Herts
Posts: 5641

2006 Defender 110 Td5 USW Zermatt Silver

Garden sprayer for me too. Works really well if oil nice and warm.

Andy

3rd Dec 2013 9:19pm

jimbob7

Member Since: 06 Jul 2013
Location: uk
Posts: 2055

Lou Sparts wrote:
When changing my gearbox oil i feed a piece of plastic pipe from near the brake servo down to the filler hole and insert a funnel into the hose and simply pour the oil int the funnel and let gravity do the rest.

This /\/\/\ £1 fer a meter of 12mm (ish) clear pipe ,another £1 ferra funnel.You can just about see the filler hole from the engine bay. You can just about do the axles with pipe and funnel,it is a bit slow with the oil being so thick. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.

3rd Dec 2013 11:27pm

Carlosbeldia

Member Since: 13 Oct 2013
Location: Cartagena
Posts: 43

You can use a hand fuel pump for boats, it costs around 10 pounds here in COlombia, you can find it in any boat store. Mine can fill the gearbox with ATF in about 4 minutes. The transfer goes for about 10 minutes....

4th Dec 2013 4:37am

landy andy

Member Since: 15 Feb 2009
Location: Ware, Herts
Posts: 5641

"Fill the gearbox with ATF"

Should that not be MTF? Or do you prefer ATF?

Andy

4th Dec 2013 4:43am

Carlosbeldia

Member Since: 13 Oct 2013
Location: Cartagena
Posts: 43

I have a problem here with MTF, it's extremely expensive, about 6 times the cost of ATF (Land Rover one is about 10 times more expensive). My gearbox only used it during 20.000 km (bests of his life, I think, it was really smooth those km). Right now the gearbox have 230.000 km and have some issues, it's going to be done a full maintenance on april 2014, so from then I'll start using Honda's MTF (have a new job right now so can afford the extra cost). With MTF I would think this manual fuel pump must be even faster...

4th Dec 2013 2:16pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

I am a bit of a fan of the oil safe products http://www.oilsafesystem.com/oss-oil-safe/...s-and-Lids think difflock.com sell them here in the UK. They are not the cheapest, but they work flawlessly. I use the hand pumping version with the hook type end for the R380 filler hole, works a treat.

5th Dec 2013 8:38am

Carlosbeldia

Member Since: 13 Oct 2013
Location: Cartagena
Posts: 43

This is the one I have

5th Dec 2013 11:42am

kevb

Member Since: 03 Apr 2012
Location: AllPackedUp
Posts: 34

I have the oilsafe pump too, wasn't cheap but must have had it 10 year s now so its paid for itself. very happy with it.

5th Dec 2013 4:27pm

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