Discovery TD5 Gearbox R380 - Service?

Stanleysteamer said:

Neva knew there was a kind of official one!!

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Like yours it makes life easier & a lot less messey than using those 1&3/4 pint bottles with the built in plastic tube. It has that bent piece of alloy pipe which hooks inside the fill/level hole quite nicely, perfect for topping up but as it only holds a 1 & 3/4 pints it takes a little longer on refill after oil change.
Hilka do a very handy oil sucker which is great for emptying the brake (or ACE) fluid reservoir prior to doing a straight forward 24 mth brake fluid change change (you can then start with fresh fluid straight away). All the best.

Andy Warren said:

Like yours it makes life easier & a lot less messey than using those 1&3/4 pint bottles with the built in plastic tube. It has that bent piece of alloy pipe which hooks inside the fill/level hole quite nicely, perfect for topping up but as it only holds a 1 & 3/4 pints it takes a little longer on refill after oil change.
Hilka do a very handy oil sucker which is great for emptying the brake (or ACE) fluid reservoir prior to doing a straight forward 24 mth brake fluid change change (you can then start with fresh fluid straight away). All the best.

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Yep, a spray bottle the size I use easily holds enough to do a full refill. And the pipe and lance are long enough for the bottle to be upright to one side of the car.
The only slight worry is that as it is pressurised it can get a little bit foamy, but not enough to worry about.
I do have a big metal syringe type thing for other stuff. don't use it much though. Which prolly says a lot about my maintenance methods, for instance when changing brakefluid I simply pump the old stuff out a bleed nipple and then go round doing all the others. So I'm sure there is none left in there. But your way probably is better as there is less chance of old stuff contaminating the new.
Hmm!!

I have two of these with the diff, gearbox and tc oils.

Dervishi said:

I have two of these with the diff, gearbox and tc oils.
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Hmm! Not sure that is easier than the plant sprayer, if you have to action the pump to get stuff in the box etc.
Looks substantila and good though. Would be gret if the car was on a ramp/hoist.

Stanleysteamer said:

Hmm! Not sure that is easier than the plant sprayer, if you have to action the pump to get stuff in the box etc.
Looks substantila and good though. Would be gret if the car was on a ramp/hoist.

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I just put that bent pipe in the fill hole, sit next to the car pumping calmly and looking under the car to see when it will overflow.


And for a nice mental image of a fat bearded bloke...
Or I'll just lie on my side under, and the pump next to car, and I'm in my 80's bright leotards pumpin it with my leg.
You're welcome