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| | | | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 93 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 93 | howdy folks..... has anyone come across a tool to squeeze trans oil uphill into the transmission and ball housing ? It's an ugly job to get a funnel and hose and thread it down thru the brake fill hole and pretty impossible to fill the ball housing without taking the floor plate off. thanks for your thoughts / suggestions. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 134 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 134 | I recently borrowed one of these to fill my transmission: Transfer Pump It worked pretty well but I was concerned with tipping over the gallon jug. Next time I need one I'll buy one of these: Fluid Pump it screws onto the jug so tipping over shouldn't be an issue
Last edited by chadkiser; 08/13/2013 10:44 AM. Reason: spelling
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
When I drain and fill an SM420 4-speed, I remove the shift lever and pour the new oil down from the top.
For maintenance top-ups, after having tried various pumps and tubing, I now top-up the fluid to the fill level (warm transmission) using a 1-quart plastic gear oil bottle that has a fill spout. I use that bottle at a downward angle, needing no tubing. Or, I can attach short tubing to that 1-quart squeezable bottle.
| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | I repurposed a tire sealant jug and pump. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | yeah, as Tim points out, the gear oil comes in plastic containers with a spout, works fine for top ups or complete fills, how many times do you plan on doing this? likely has never been drained and filled in it's previous 50 years - if your really fussy about a mess, the Quick Lube places can clean it out for you with a suction machine and refill with a pump, done for your lifetime  Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I have used the plastic bottle to draw up oil from another container. I think they are pretty handy. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | I fill just like Tim posted, with a qt. gear oil bottle.
Don't be overly concerned about the U-joint ball
unless it's bone dry from a rebuild, even then it had
to have a little lube when it was reassembled. The
oil will work it's way back thru the rear bearing and
level itself out.
And that's the reason you need to check the gear oil level in
the trans after driving it a couple of times, as the oil works
it way back into the ball your level will drop some in the
trans.
Denny G
Last edited by Denny Graham; 08/13/2013 9:14 PM.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 202 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 202 | Go to a marine store ( boats ) and ask for a hand gear oil pump for a 1 liter (1 us quart). They also make pumps for 4 liter ( 1 gallon ) containers.
Keep the 216's running. 1949 1/2 ton model #1314 (US 3104) Brian
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