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[Andy H]

The plug came out easily once I had ground the head down and drilled through it

[Andy H]

Personally though if i could physically fit a drain plug I would. Just like the idea of quick ATF changes 

It's not the drain plug that slows the ATF change, but the awkward procedure for refilling the bloody thing. Doing away with dipsticks is a truly stupid idea, and it's now spreading to engines.

I used one of these - £15 from screwfix. Filling the box was almost too easy, a little worried that I might have overfilled it 

[Nick W]

I have something similar, but it's the grovelling about under the car with the engine running whilst filling the thing up. That would have been avoided if you could just pour the ATF down the dipstick tube; a procedure that worked well for decades.

[chrisgixer]

I have something similar, but it's the grovelling about under the car with the engine running whilst filling the thing up. That would have been avoided if you could just pour the ATF down the dipstick tube; a procedure that worked well for decades.

"It's a sealed for life item sir"

[Nick W]

I have something similar, but it's the grovelling about under the car with the engine running whilst filling the thing up. That would have been avoided if you could just pour the ATF down the dipstick tube; a procedure that worked well for decades.

"It's a sealed for life item sir"

Sealed for life translates to Doesn't last as long and can't be repaired when it does fail. That will be £12,658,365,489,457,436,495 please. Which we really shouldn't have allowed.

[05omegav6]

I have something similar, but it's the grovelling about under the car with the engine running whilst filling the thing up. That would have been avoided if you could just pour the ATF down the dipstick tube; a procedure that worked well for decades.

"It's a sealed for life item sir"

Is there not a blank/plug in the body casting for a dipstick tube as per the 4l60 etc

Guess that the issue then would be establishing the correct length of dipstick to measure fluid level...

[Nick W]

4L60 isn't the same casing if that's what you're alluding to. It's massive, as you would expect considering what it's fitted to.

[chrisgixer]

I have something similar, but it's the grovelling about under the car with the engine running whilst filling the thing up. That would have been avoided if you could just pour the ATF down the dipstick tube; a procedure that worked well for decades.

"It's a sealed for life item sir"

Is there not a blank/plug in the body casting for a dipstick tube as per the 4l60 etc

Guess that the issue then would be establishing the correct length of dipstick to measure fluid level...

Whispers quietly so nobody hears (it was originally a Bmw box ) shhhhhh

[05omegav6]

Ah yes... Been Made Wrong...