Posted by JohnG(TX) on September 25, 2007 at 13:44:37 from (216.136.20.34):
The other day as I was reassembling the tranny for my Regular, I was showing it to my wife. I was adding a road box to it, so the oil level sight plug was relocated from the casing to the road box housing. She looked at me funny, and asked why a level plug? Why not just fill it up to the top with oil? After thinking about it, the only reasons I can think of would be cost of extra oil, and the need for some room for the expansion of the oil with temperature. I could imagine filling it to the brim, then getting it hot and have oil spewing out of some small gap somewhere, or blowing out a seal.
So, what determines exactly what the level should be? It seems that the oil level is such that most gears are directly in contact with the oil, or mesh with one that is. Could it be for cooling? A large volume will cool better than a smaller one. Ideas?
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