Change gear oil without a pump?

[ken]

I am planning to change the gear oil for my R33 GTS-T. I have already puchased the lightweight redline oil.

I have an empty 1 litre VMX80 bottle which has a little hose attach from the cap. Can I use it to fill the gear box up without a pump? (some people mentioned that use a pump for fill up)

[Airzone]

Just get a pump. ~ $15 from a car shop. It'd be too much of a pain in the arse to change the gear oil without a pump.

[crooser]

if you are supplying the oil, a decent workshop should only charge you 20-30 dollars.

save a lot of hassle

[(B1) MR_fanny]

yep.......i paid 20bucks at a local place to do it

[Jay95R33]

Buy a pump if you can. Makes your life 1000% easier.

If you can't your hands on a pump, I think the only other way would be to try and feed a hose down through the gearstick hole somehow....

Not sure how but !!!!

I got my pump at SuperCheap for $15

J

[crooser]

Going through the shifter hole aint a bad idea but there is 1 tricky brass circlip you must defeat first.

To remove the gearshift,

undo the 2 screws behind the ashtray...

unscrew the gear knob off...

lift out the centre surround (its clipped in, give it a little tug upwards from the end pointing towards the handbrake)...

remove the next rubber cover (4 screws)...

turn the next rubber boot upwards and inside-out to get it out the way...

now you can see the top of the shifter and 2 circlips inside...

the silver looking one can stay there...

the brassy looking one needs to come out (unfortunately it doesnt have any eyelets to use a proper circlip tool on it)

if you get this clip out, the whole lot just lifts straight out...

make sure you left it in neutral to make it easy going back in...

now you can use a funnel or even a squeezy water bottle to add the CORRECT amount of oil.

dont spill gear oil inside the car whatever you do!

put it all back together the same way

Now the real fun part... getting that circlip back on!

get an extra pair of hands to help work this puppy back in!

hope i havent forgotten anything