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Unless of course the warning that the hole isn't the level actually means that you should fill the transfer box to a level ABOVE the hole!

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the transfer box is positioned differently (leaning forward?)

dorsetsmith wrote:

if you drain the transfer box and then remover cover plate more oil will drain out

If you drain the transfer box in the conventional way, then remove the transfer box from the vehicle, take it into your kitchen (because it is raining hard outside) and dismantle it completely for rebuilding, a surprising amount of oil will appear as though by magic on the kitchen floor. Experience suggests that this also tends to get you into considerable trouble with the Domestic Authority, even if you wait until she is out before doing so. The aroma and mess of the oil means that she will detect that you have been "up to something" with a perspicacity which is uncanny.

zsd-puma wrote:

...If you put the specified amount in it will come up to the bottom of the filler hole anyway. So filling until it spills or just putting a measured amount in it's the same amount of oil either way.

Hello zsd-puma...have you actually done this, or seen this done... ...'put a measured amount in the transfer box'

I didn't when I changed All Oils at 28K...

It would be interesting (for us anyway... ) to see if anyone has actually measured the Oil Capacity required to fill the Transfer Box to the Filler Plug...

I'm only 6K past an All Olis change...(but have enough to check / re-new the Transfer Box)

So the next time I see...


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I'll use my D2N Inspired Oil Dispenser ( MartinK)...(Sorry MrsX4 ) and check...


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blackwolf wrote:

dorsetsmith wrote:

if you drain the transfer box and then remover cover plate more oil will drain out

If you drain the transfer box in the conventional way, then remove the transfer box from the vehicle, take it into your kitchen (because it is raining hard outside) and dismantle it completely for rebuilding, a surprising amount of oil will appear as though by magic on the kitchen floor. Experience suggests that this also tends to get you into considerable trouble with the Domestic Authority, even if you wait until she is out before doing so. The aroma and mess of the oil means that she will detect that you have been "up to something" with a perspicacity which is uncanny.

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Hello zed-puma...have you actually done this, or seen this done... Question...'put a measured amount in the transfer box'

It comes in 1ltr bottles with a (roughly) graduated sight gauge on the side of the bottles. When i filled mine to spill fill, it used two complete bottles and approx 1/3rd of the 3rd bottle. Allowing for residue left in the syringe and the spillage from the filler this is as near as damn it the capacity quoted for the transfer box.

So again just fill it until it runs out of the filler hole.....