Drain plug

[Milly SParticipant @millys]

Hi all I want to change the oil in my Chipmaster

headstock can’t seem to find drain plug

found the drain plug for gear box

can anyone help please

this is the metric lathe

cheers

steve

[Milly SParticipant @millys]

Colchester Chipmaster

[Stuart BridgerParticipant @stuartbridger82290]

looking at the chuck from the tailstock end, bottom right of headstock.

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

I rarely change the engine oil in my car by draining. I use a vacuum device to ‘suck’ it out. Most dealerships likely do it this way, if possible.

If it is a hydraulic system with pump, i would likely run the pump to empty the oil reservoir.

‘Outside the box’ often comes up with a viable alternative.

[Milly SParticipant @millys]

Thanks Stuart & not done it yet

i had used hose to siphon oil out of filler cap

which worked fine but a little slow just wanted to know

where drain plug is for future reference might have to

strip headstock as knocking noise suddenly appeared

cheers

steve

[Chris Pearson 1Participant @chrispearson1]

I trust that Milly has an answer, but by way of thread drift, my modern car has no dipstick so the only way out is via the drain plug. Somewhere in there must be a level gauge.

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Posted by Chris Pearson 1 on 04/10/2023 23:03:21:

I trust that Milly has an answer, but by way of thread drift, my modern car has no dipstick so the only way out is via the drain plug. Somewhere in there must be a level gauge.

Further aside, cars with turbos (or those blocks) often have access to the turbo (or would be) drain, so might even have a dipstick (if old enough) and be drained from the other side of the engine to the dipstick. I think our peugeot 2 !/4 diesel was thus equipped?

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