Englishmaninwales Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 It is possible with care to remove the top cover, however, you are working blind for some of the bolt removal / refitting. The important / difficult bit is relocating the selector plate in the slot in the lidJust done this on another car, it's a bit of a pain, slow, but doable. My car has a drain and a top cover filler fitted with a cap / dipstick, fitted by BGH at a previous rebuild, and I can highly recommend both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightpayne Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Where is the drain plug fitted? Is it tapped into the iron casting or one of the ally sandwich pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishmaninwales Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The drain is in the aluminium sandwich plate, giving about a 90 - 95% oil drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elie boone Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 If you have a top filler you can vacuum the oil out, talk about oil ATF is also fine and gives a better gear change from cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Catcher Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Thanks, Elie. Funnily enough, Opie Oils recommended ATF.As it happens, I've only just got around to doing the oil change today. Using a 12v electric oil pump, I've pumped the old oil out, through the filler plug hole. About 1.3 litres came out. I'm about to refill it using Red Line MTL 75w80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Geoff Brown Posted May 21, 2020 Area Representative Share Posted May 21, 2020 Never had a problem with Halfords 80w/90 GL4 mineral - Three Sevens two with Ford 5 speed & the latest with 6 speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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