It has been a good 6 months now I have owned the Jeep so thought it bast to check all the fluid levels. There is no warning lights on the Jeep to indicate low oil levels so essential routine maintenance is the way to go -look after your Jeep and it will look after you they told Servicemen who used them back in the day...
Everything needed for oil checks...
Gearbox;
This was the one worrying me as I thought the gears felt a bit rougher and was not sure if the clutch was not engaging fully, or my double clutching is not good enough!, the oil level hole is quite hard to access underneath and the pic is on its side, the drain bolt is closest with the oil level hole behind...
An odd size head on this drain plug compared to others but who knows what is not original on ta Jeep of this age...
Filling the Gearbox using my syringe would be had here and ideally a proper oil transfer pump would make it easy. But there is another way to fill the gearbox and it is pure genius...
You unbolt and lift this boot on the gear selector stick...
Tie it up out the way with some tape...
Then unscrew this 4 sided cup using some stilsons...
And the gear stick can be removed...
And vola, instant aces to top up/fill with gear oil!...
I used the syringe and it took six 60ml fills and only on the 7th fill started to flow out the oil level hole, so that's around 450 ml if you add the oil in the syringe pipe, nearly 1/2 a litre...
The gearbox take 1 3/4 US pints, a pint is 473ml, so that's approx half the required oil needed, no wonder the gears felt tight and a bit rough selecting first gear which is constant mesh.
The gear stick was refitted while I waited for the oil to stop dripping out the level hole...
Then having cleaned the sump plug coated the threads with some Permatex, after wiping the case I screwed it in and did it spark plug tight ie tight then a nip not too tight, some of the square head sump bolts are tapered so you have to be careful and not over tighten them as it can crack the casings...
Transfer Case;
This did not need much oil as I had not long refilled it when I sealed the base gasket, it only took about half the syringe and it was pouring out...
Front Axle;
easiest to access without banging your head etc! it took 2 syringes to bring to the level...
The sump on the axles are tapered type so no needing to go crazy tightening the plugs with Permatex on the cleaned threads...
Steering Knuckles;
I thought these were oil being yellow painted like other level plugs but the manual says grease, and there was grease on the plug when I took the left, then the right out...
So I took the end off the grease gun to put some in, how much grease?, I was unsure so ended up doing about 30 pumps so there is something in there...
I thought this would maybe need a lot of oil as it often seeps out the breather vent above the filler after running, it took 3 syringes before flowing out the level...
Done and wiped clean and all done...
Another wee job I did was make a stronger container to carry Redex lead additive as the bottles they come in leak once opened if on their side, I cut the label of a Lucozade bottle and adding each measure from the markings on the Redex bottle I marked the juice bottle with a sharpie pen...
Ideal and leak proof now...
With all jobs done for the day i refuelled the Jeep and along with the usual amount of Redex lead additive I put in a Redex carb cleaner as been a couple of months since I last did this which afterwards had the Jeep running really smooth, and went a drive across to NB,
The gearbox after a couple of short drives is a lot smoother now so hopefully all ok, no leaks the next morning so there seems to be no cracks etc that would explain the low oil level there...
It was roasting in Dunbar with the sea hair burned away when I went for a drive with the screen down, but it was still cool along at North Berwick where the sea haar lingered offshore...
Wee film along the coast road from NB to Whitekirk, busy being May holiday weekend...
All running good...
Apparently Whitekirk Church is up for sale?, an impressive building full of history...
More soon!...
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