[DeTomaso] Any reason to not lay a ZF on it's side to add oil?

[Art Stephens]

I would be careful drilling into the case of an assembled trans. I've heard 
of doing such things with grease on the drill bit and tap in the hope of 
keeping chips out of there. I don't know how much damage aluminum chips 
could do in there. You could vacuum while you are doing the job and 
afterwards. You could do it with the trans upside down, (now there's an 
accident waiting to happen). The best time to do the job would seem to be 
while the trans is apart, (now he tells me). :-((

Art



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Any reason to not lay a ZF on it's side to add oil?


> Better yet.  Flip the ZF upside down and drill a fill hole to accommodate 
> a
> 3/8" threaded plug.  Drill the hole over the cross shaft on the smooth 
> part.
> You can buy nicely colored anodized aluminum plugs that may match the 
> color
> of your car.
>
> Now you can easily fill it with the proper amount in the future.
>
> JT
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Any reason to not lay a ZF on it's side to add 
> oil?
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 2/5/11 10:58:17 AM, kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> The ZF is out and soon to be installed, Seems easy to add the oil this
>>> way?
>>>
>>
>> Super-easy.   A great idea, with the caveat that you have to level it in
>> the proper position to determine the proper fill point.   What you can do
>> is
>> over-fill it, then prop it up in the proper position over a drain pan and
>> let
>> the excess dribble out.
>>
>> Mike
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