Where is the drain plug for the gearbox, is it one of the two hexagonal bolts. Any pics please

 

This one...






Alan

 

cheers M8 I overfilled it today whiel chatting to the fitter at work

 

Mark,

been thinking of doing mine, what oil did you use.??
Cheer's mate LEE MAC

 

Did mine on the weekend mate,piece of pi55.
Hex nut needs 21mm socket.Its located centrally just behind the rear of the plastic undertray.
Lee,used Castrol Syntrax after reasearch into what people used
and recommended on this forum.Got 4 litres for 27 quid delivered
via Castrol website (you gotta phone them to order).Halfords
charge 9.99 per litre ! Its specially formulated for Jap Gearboxes
and has definately improved shifting.I used about 3.7 litres.

 

using castrol it would appear the best, gears do seem alot less clunky. cheers all

 

I put syntrax in mine and used about 3.75 litres and even then it was slightly over full on the dipstick. Much better than before.
See Syntrax transformed my box thread also.

Danny Boy

 

Thanks all for your replies
Cheer's LEE MAC

 

my handbook say 4 ltrs if that helps anyone. Mines a My01 last of the classic shapes.

Have you got the phone number for oil delivery cant seem to find it on thier web site.

[Edited by MarkB1 - 2/13/2003 8:41:30 PM]

 

Sorry Mate,should`ve posted the website address
cos its not the main Castrol website.You`ll find it here
http://www.castrolclassicoils.co.uk/index.html
Cheers Paul

 

cheers

 

I topped my box up today with about a litre of syntrax, but this will have gone in on-top of what the main dealer will have used.

What do the main dealers use, and is it OK to mix them?

having only done a 1500 miles since its last service, I also wonder whether it was even checked by the S dealer.

LM

 

If you can't get castrol syntrax, Silkolene syn 5 is also good, recommended by various tuners.