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Old 05 May 2007, 04:55 PM
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Afternoon,

I have been told that to prolong the life of the stock Uk Gearbox when running high torque (300lbs and over), you can overfill it by about half a litre. Is this true and ok to do??

I was told this by a guy with vastly more mechanical knowledge and experience than me, so I don't doubt that it is true; but I was just wondering what everyone else's opinion is on this??

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Old 05 May 2007, 07:27 PM
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Ive also been told this,Aparently it covers one of the gears better(i think third)
Old 05 May 2007, 09:01 PM
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yip looks after 3rd gear
Old 06 May 2007, 10:36 AM
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Good stuff!

Cheers for that.
Old 06 May 2007, 12:48 PM
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can you do it just to look after the gearbox even if you dont have 300+bhp?
Old 06 May 2007, 04:13 PM
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mine was slightly overfilled as well but it went **** up yesterday ! so now i need another uk box
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