Gearbox dipstick

ramz · Aug 14th, 2006, 20:01

anyone know where this is on a 440 2.0 1994?

mine is all clunky so it maybe lack of oil in the gearbox. i hope so anyway!

cheers!

Chris1Roll · Aug 14th, 2006, 20:10

If its a manual, there isn't one, the filler hole on the front of the gearbox is also the level hole. Fill it till it runs out again.
Probably better to drain and refill with new.
Make sure you can undo the filler plug BEFORE draining the box, or you find yoursel in a most unamusing position.

740Estate · Aug 14th, 2006, 20:12

Manuals dont have them, just a level/filler plug

oops..refresh before posting..lol
see above!

ramz · Aug 14th, 2006, 20:15

what oil? same as in the engine?

Chris1Roll · Aug 14th, 2006, 20:18

OOOh no no no no no.
Special oil you can only get from volvo (and maybe, presumably renault) else the gearbox will self destruct. Its damn expensive too, about £30 to change it.

If the gearbox is all clunky, have you changed the gear linkage bushings? These are a very common problem.

ramz · Aug 14th, 2006, 20:24

no...i havent...where be these and how easy be they to change?

Chris1Roll · Aug 14th, 2006, 20:28

On the bottom of the gearbox, where the linkage enters it, the linkage terminates in a ball joint that sits in a white plastic bush, I think theres a bush you can change at the gear lever end too. They are fairly cheap £20 or so, and not too hard to swap.

ramz · Aug 14th, 2006, 20:33

does it involve having to take the gearbox off and do stuff to it?

coz well, im not very clever

and what car have you got chris?out of curosity?

Chris1Roll · Aug 14th, 2006, 21:07

No need to remove the box.

I have a 1989 G plate 740 GLE, used to and from work etc, and...
a 1989 F plate 480 ES, to which I fitted a Turbo engine fom a 1991 model about two years ago.
I also used to stock car race 480's (and a couple of 240's before that)

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/chrisdriver245/index.html

Aug 14th, 2006, 20:01	#1
ramz Member Last Online: Dec 30th, 2010 00:24 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich View Photos By: ramz	Gearbox dipstick anyone know where this is on a 440 2.0 1994? mine is all clunky so it maybe lack of oil in the gearbox. i hope so anyway! cheers! __________________

Aug 14th, 2006, 20:12	#3
740Estate Undercover 740 Last Online: Jun 2nd, 2007 12:14 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cambs View Photos By: 740Estate	Manuals dont have them, just a level/filler plug oops..refresh before posting..lol see above! __________________ 1991 960 3.0 24v - Project Dark ------------------------------------------------ "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew." -- Harry Carpenter, BBC TV, Boat Race 1977. ------------------------------------------------ Slidin' it round past the apex of reality

Aug 14th, 2006, 20:15	#4
ramz Member Last Online: Dec 30th, 2010 00:24 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich View Photos By: ramz	what oil? same as in the engine? __________________

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ramz Member Last Online: Dec 30th, 2010 00:24 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich View Photos By: ramz	no...i havent...where be these and how easy be they to change? __________________

Aug 14th, 2006, 20:33	#8
ramz Member Last Online: Dec 30th, 2010 00:24 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich View Photos By: ramz	does it involve having to take the gearbox off and do stuff to it? coz well, im not very clever and what car have you got chris?out of curosity? __________________

Aug 14th, 2006, 20:10	#2
Chris1Roll Senior Member Last Online: Yesterday 21:20 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cannington	If its a manual, there isn't one, the filler hole on the front of the gearbox is also the level hole. Fill it till it runs out again. Probably better to drain and refill with new. Make sure you can undo the filler plug BEFORE draining the box, or you find yoursel in a most unamusing position.

Aug 14th, 2006, 20:18	#5
Chris1Roll Senior Member Last Online: Yesterday 21:20 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cannington	OOOh no no no no no. Special oil you can only get from volvo (and maybe, presumably renault) else the gearbox will self destruct. Its damn expensive too, about £30 to change it. If the gearbox is all clunky, have you changed the gear linkage bushings? These are a very common problem.

Aug 14th, 2006, 20:28	#7
Chris1Roll Senior Member Last Online: Yesterday 21:20 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cannington	On the bottom of the gearbox, where the linkage enters it, the linkage terminates in a ball joint that sits in a white plastic bush, I think theres a bush you can change at the gear lever end too. They are fairly cheap £20 or so, and not too hard to swap.

Aug 14th, 2006, 21:07	#9
Chris1Roll Senior Member Last Online: Yesterday 21:20 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cannington	No need to remove the box. I have a 1989 G plate 740 GLE, used to and from work etc, and... a 1989 F plate 480 ES, to which I fitted a Turbo engine fom a 1991 model about two years ago. I also used to stock car race 480's (and a couple of 240's before that) http://hometown.aol.co.uk/chrisdriver245/index.html

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