Filling Gearbox Oil Through Shifter

[Free_Spirit]

hey i decided to change the gearbox oil through the shifter after reading about it through the old threads. i have taken everything off but now i am stuck. where exactly do i fill it up from here? or do i need to take the shifter out? if so how do i do that?

[Race_Bred]

You didn't have to pull those 4 bolts out, you just need to remove the cir-clip holding the shifter in at the bottom where it pivots, and she will slide right out.

I dunno where you got the idea from but whats wrong with filling it from the fill plug on the gear box? If you can get your hands on a little hydraulic pump just shove it in the new oil bottle and pump away until she is full.

Hope you know how much oil to put in, goodluck.

[dori34]

^ lol

just pay $20 to a mechanic and get them to do it.

save you the time & hassle

[BHDave]

either spend $20 on the little pump bottle or $20 on a pair of circlip pliers. I like doing it from the top. It's clean and easy. You always end up with half an arm covered in gear oil if you do it from under the car

[br3ndan]

afraid to get a little bit dirty?

Thats the fun part about owning a skyline! =P

[BHDave]

nup, just hate gear oil. And diff oil.

[Simon-S14]

+1 for filling through the shifter hole.

I use a pair of needle nose plyers with the points bent inwards as circlip plyars for all nissans boxes... its lasted me 5 years so far and counting

provided you know exactly how much to fill the box. you cant go wrong!

[Free_Spirit]

yay its all done! thanks for the replies. had a bit of a battle putting the clip back in but besides that i would definetly recommend doing it this way rather than the filler plug.

[Duncan]

i hope you have a 2wd. in 4wd the gear stick goes into the transfer case not gearbox

[GTR1993]

i hope you have a 2wd. in 4wd the gear stick goes into the transfer case not gearbox

+1, 4wd never do this!

[Vija]

I haven't had a good enough look at my GTR but why does the stick go into the transfer case and not the gearbox? Doesn't the transfer case literally transfer drive to the front wheels? From what I can see the transfer case hangs off the driver's side of the gearbox and the stick is perfectly above the gearbox itself like any other rwd car. Just wondering the reasoning?

Cheers,

Matt

i hope you have a 2wd. in 4wd the gear stick goes into the transfer case not gearbox

[Duncan]

hey you don't have to beleive me but maybe you should take a closer look. the gear stick goes into the xfer case and actuates the gearbox via a linkage. the transfer case is bolted to the back not the side of the gearbox

[Gts-t]

Thank god i have a hoist

[GTR1993]

hey you don't have to beleive me but maybe you should take a closer look. the gear stick goes into the xfer case and actuates the gearbox via a linkage. the transfer case is bolted to the back not the side of the gearbox

^believe this guy, trust me, i found out the hard way.

[Vija]

Sorry didn't mean to be rude, but cool thanks for that. Was just wondering the mechanics of it all, this is the same for all GTRs? Also, does that mean you can fill the transfer case from the stick?

hey you don't have to beleive me but maybe you should take a closer look. the gear stick goes into the xfer case and actuates the gearbox via a linkage. the transfer case is bolted to the back not the side of the gearbox

[Duncan]

sorry its been a long week. the xfer case bolts onto the rear of the gearbox, and yes you can fill the xfer case through the shifter on a 4wd. bascially the xfer case has a main shaft to the rear wheels and another for the fromt shaft linked by a big chain.