Gearbox Clutch CVs CV joints drain plug

Plug Removal

douwes: 17 mm hex required. Just Kampers J11205 on the tools list. If you take a M10 bolt of about 2 cm and you put on that two nuts turned against each other, you have an adaptor you can use with your normal spanner. I hope you get my drift...

NB. Make sure you can remove your fill plug before you remove the drain plug, or you'll be stuck with a van with an empty gearbox!

This plug was very tight (seized in) and had to be freed up by punching around with a bolt/nut drift to shock it loose, before driving the correct 17mm hex plug tool into it to finish unscrewing it. A replacement drainplug looks in order!

Refilling

Mocki I use 1/2" garden hose about 3ft long and a funnel it fits, pass the hose down frm the engine bay, the funnel sits on the top of the air filter and dribbles the oil in over a period of time.

Tip: Warm the oil gently first, it flows better, quicker and doesn't stink as much - just dont get caught using the kitchen appliances by the missus

Magnetic plug fir tree

This is fairly typical of a long service box, no large chunks, nor lots of bronze, but obvious long-term wear.

Better the particles are on the plug than in the oil.

procedure in images

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