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Servi Car gearbox drain

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Post by nanonevol »

I'm looking for a gear box.drain plug on my 1960 Servi. Don' t see it in manual.
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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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No drain plug on your transmission case. The H-D 45, in it's most common configuration (3-bolt tranny), from late 30's until it's final production year of '73, no means was provided to drain the transmission. I did see one setup where the outside-most mounting stud was drilled and capped. Think this one used a suction pump on the stud, and flushing oil poured in through the fill spout. Stud is not big enough for a very large hole. Anyway, you will have to be creative with your ServiCar. At least the solo models could be rolled over on the side and drained through the fill spout
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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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Thought that might be the "case". I can be creative. I once siphoned out a car differential through the fil because the drain was stripped.
Oil will siphon, albeit very slowly. Or I'll just tip the Servi. :D
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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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Since a 45 gearbox loses oil almost as fast as it can be filled H-D didn't see the need for any other outlet.... :shock:
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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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Yes the seal on the sprocket side sucks but helps to oil the chain.
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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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Post by Peet038 »

Hi,

i have used a large syringe and a short hose to suck out most of the oil through the filler hole. The oil needs to be warm to make it easier on yourself. But as @Rubone says, you will probably just be refilling the gearbox at regular intervals :D
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I never change oil...just top-up 😉
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Anyone ever come up with a better seal for the sprocket side on servi?
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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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Post by ixtee »

I successfully and repeatedly used these in stead of the original ones. Chamber in sprocket needs to be resized.
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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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Something like this may work . I bought this on Amazon , thought their out of the one I bought you may be able to find a similar one that matches this one

This one looks the same as the one I bought

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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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Something like this may work . I bought this on Amazon , thought their out of the one I bought you may be able to find a similar one that matches this one . Worked great for what I bought it for .

This one looks the same as the one I bought

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Re: Servi Car gearbox drain

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Don't know what happened to the link I put in .

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amimal, what happened to the pics?
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I don't know . I put the link in the message but it got lost in the mail ? Ok lets try again . Amazon is out of the one I bought but this one looks identical to the one I bought . Lets try again .

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OK it doesn't like the Amazon link ? Lets try this . Go to amazon & put this in the search " Portable DC 12V Electric Transfer Pump Extractor " it should be the one in the second pic with 488 reviews .
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