[DeTomaso] ZF oil

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

My trans has the dipstick tube where the level plug is, below the shifter box, replacing the plug (shown as item 154 in the -2 manual (fig. E1031.005) ). Filling could be done through the dipstick hole with a thin spouted funnel but is easier through the top fill plug. A flipped trans would not be able to use the side plug for level checking, it'd be close to the top of the case. Instead I think they wouild use one of the two bottom pan (to us) plugs. One is indicated to be a breather in the exploded view drawing you sent me 3-4 years ago (Fig. 21-4/1). Our level plug looks like a magnetic plug in that picture as does what I use as a filler (which is the Mangusta drain plug).

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF oil


> In a message dated 8/13/08 9:16:19 AM, you write:
> 
>> Doesn't the (ZF) dipstick actually replace that (fill) port? That is, there 
>> is no overflow plug at all, but instead a 90-degree fitting with a dipstick 
>> that screws into it?
>> 
> Thats how my backyard fill/check system works but thats not how the factory 
> did it. They drilled and tapped the rear tranny cases on the right side for a 
> fitting that only holds a dipstick to check oil level. With theirs, you still 
> have to fill thru the side port. The factory dipstick, possibly adapted from 
> the Mangusta, is rare. There's another addition that one of the Swedes has from 
> the Euro pavement roller that also uses a ZF tranny: he has a remote reservoir 
> with a couple of extra quarts of lube in it that attaches thru the fill port 
> fitting with a big tube. All this stuff (except my rig) is shown in the 
> factory manuals.   FWIW- J Deryke
> 
> 
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