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RichardFryer
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by RichardFryer Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:47 pm
Read through a number of posts re changing gearbox oil
For the gearbox drain plug what sized socket / spanner is needed to remove it as I don't want to get underneath and find I have n't got the right tool ?
Previous posts mention a square plug for the middle but I think a socket will go over the outside of it, as it does for the gearbox level plug (21mm from memory) Its a shame that I did n't check the drain plug when I was down there last so can someone help
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by Gary406 Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:15 pm
from memory when i cahanged my gearbox oil it was a standard type socket mate.
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mjb
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by mjb Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:48 pm
The ML5T uses an 8mm square tool.
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greebo
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by greebo Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:08 pm
Hi, changed my gearbox oil this weekend. Drain plug is 8mm sq. Filler plug is 21mm. Kev
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by steve_earwig Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:59 am
Are we talking ML5 or BE here? It would be useful to know if it's the same or different.
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Gary406
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by Gary406 Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:23 am
i know my drain plug is certainly bigger than 8mm square
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Gary406
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by Gary406 Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:27 am
it must be if MJB said ml5t is 8mm square.
takin my kids to school in 10 minutes. when i return im gonna get my socket set out and find out what size my drain plug is ..
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greebo
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by greebo Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:12 am
greebo wrote: Hi, changed my gearbox oil this weekend. Drain plug is 8mm sq. Filler plug is 21mm. Kev
My Gearbox is the ML5T box.
ScottyDave
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by ScottyDave Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:01 pm
Drain plug is 19mm hex on the outside I think 8mm sqr in ctr, well on my hdi it is wouldn't know what type the box is though
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by mjb Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:58 am
ScottyDave wrote: Drain plug is 19mm hex on the outside I think 8mm sqr in ctr, well on my hdi it is wouldn't know what type the box is though
Err sure you're not thinking about the engine oil sump plug? This is what the gearbox one looks like:
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by steve_earwig Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:50 pm
Perhaps it's a BE3 with one of those weird level-inside-drain plug things.
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ScottyDave
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by ScottyDave Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:52 pm
mjb wrote: ScottyDave wrote: Drain plug is 19mm hex on the outside I think 8mm sqr in ctr, well on my hdi it is wouldn't know what type the box is though
Err sure you're not thinking about the engine oil sump plug?
Nah definately the gearbox, just drained the oil out of it on saturday and I used a socket
