RE: SER1 T'case Level Plug

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George,

You are right about Rover making this up as they went along. My 80
originally had no level plug there and at a later date (as instructed by
Rover) a 1/4 BSF bolt was tapped in. 

(Don't know where the swarf went but it was at least one major rebuild ago)!

Nick. 

-----Original Message-----
From: series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx] On
Behalf Of George E Sollish
Sent: 01 September 2004 13:52
To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: SER1 T'case Level Plug

Hi Allan, Martin and Mark,

I think Mark Love is right about the size as my level plug is hex-headed
and I use a 14mm socket to remove it (the corners are rounded so the
correct socket size is a bit fuzzy) -- 3/8 BSP would have a major diameter
larger than my distance across flats.  It sounds like Rover was making
this feature up as they went along.

As to the desirability of a dipstick, it saves crawling under and, if it
were long enough to bend over near the master cylinder reservoir (say, if
I used a bit of old speedo cable for the dipstick) I would only have to
unscrew the 12 screws retaining the center stowage box (no access under
the seat in a Minerva) when I really needed to do so, rather than the
'once weekly' I do now.

Thanks.

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Allan Harding wrote:

> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:50:52 +1000
> From: Allan Harding <Allan.Harding@xxx.xxx.xx>
> Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: SER1 T'case Level Plug
>
>     G'Day George,
>     The thread on the level filler plug is either 3/8" or 1/2" BSP
(British
> Standard Pipe). I cannot tell which because I do not have one here at work
> with me. The pitch of both 1/2" BSP and 1/2" NP threads is the same, this
is
> not the case for the 3/8" BSP and NP threads.
>     Can't see the need for dipsticks etc. though. The transfer case is
filled
> to the bottom of the hole oil level hole.
>     Cheers
>     Allan
>     Canberra, Australia
>
>
>
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