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convincor 03-28-2009 08:28 AM
Changing gear oil
 
My toploader doesn't have a drain plug. Is there room to drill/tap the boss in the case with the trans assembled.
Would removing the lower tail shaft bolt work as a drain?

patrickt 03-28-2009 12:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by convincor (Post 934756)
My toploader doesn't have a drain plug. Is there room to drill/tap the boss in the case with the trans assembled.
Would removing the lower tail shaft bolt work as a drain?
Jeez, that's a lot of work. I would just suck it out via the fill hole. Look, here's how I do a real fast oil change before I put the ERA away for the winter. That's how I would do your transmission oil as well if it doesn't have a drain plug. I sure wouldn't yank it and drill it (wouldn't pull anything else out of it either).

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...by_Suction.JPG

blykins 03-28-2009 05:15 PM
You're sure it doesn't have a drain plug?

patrickt 03-28-2009 05:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by blykins (Post 934853)
You're sure it doesn't have a drain plug?
C'mon Brent, how could you miss a drain plug?:p

Rick Parker 03-28-2009 05:17 PM
Look on the other side???

blykins 03-28-2009 05:27 PM
You ever seen a Toploader without a drain plug? :confused:

patrickt 03-28-2009 05:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by blykins (Post 934857)
You ever seen a Toploader without a drain plug? :confused:
Uhhh, no.......... OK, I'll shut up until he looks on the other side.:LOL:

convincor 03-28-2009 06:17 PM
Wow, I reall didn't think I'd have to show pictures of where the drain plug would or would not be.
Do you drain your oil from the side of your oil pan? or the bottom? :rolleyes:

"with drain plug"
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/100_1529.jpg

"with out drain plug"
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/100_1532.jpg

patrickt 03-28-2009 06:32 PM
Well, I'm Satisfied...
 
... Brent, say you're sorry.:p

blykins 03-28-2009 06:40 PM
Wow, that's a first.

Yes, I'm sorry. :o

Since changing gear oil isn't a 3000 mile interval thing, I'd just stick a little vacuum pump in the fill hole and suck it all out. Pulling a trans to drill and tap a hole would be a big undertaking and as anal as I am, I'd be worried sick about leaving shavings in the case.

It's been awhile since I've built a Toploader, but I don't think removing a tailhousing bolt will let it drain, but you could try.

vector1 03-29-2009 07:55 AM
that's one of them there lube-for-life transmissions!:LOL:

Tom Cimino 03-29-2009 08:23 AM
I remember talking with Dan Williams years ago and he said that when you rebuild your toploader, you should drill the case for a drain plug and change the oil annually. I've had a few toploaders and have never seen one with a drain plug. The bottom bolt in the tailshaft will allow oil to drain. That's where my toploader leaked.


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