Gearbox/OD Oil Change

The hollow drain plug from the roadster and some metal debris. As I recall the V8 drain plug was flat.

Roadster sump and gasket/filter, no damage to this on removal unlike the V8.

Sump and all the relief valve and filter components from the roadster. The V8 didn't have the coarse screen shown here, may have been left inside. Note all the shims go between the valve plunger and the spring.

I didn't find the valve ball, valve spring or low-pressure valve plug shown in the factory drawings on either car. The drawing in the Workshop Manual isn't very clear, it is much clearer in the Parts Catalogue although it still doesn't show the coarse screen I found in the roadster. However only the Workshop Manual has the full parts listing, the Parts Catalogue groups all the components together as 'Valve relief and low-pressure'. Below is a composite using the Parts Catalog drawing and descriptions based on the Workshop Manual.

Plastic squeezy bottle for gear and diff oil, with a flexible spout that just fits in the length of tubing, and the tubing just fits in the filler hole on both side and top fill gearboxes. The snug fit between spout and tubing means that even though the 'join' is horizontal when filling in the footwell no oil leaks out from it. But put plenty of cloths and paper down over your carpets just in case, I still spilt a little.