Thread: New Fairey overdrive

Originally Posted by gromit

I thought the same thing. It increases the oil capacity so you have to lose a lot more before it causes problems, also easier to visually check oil level.
I'm not sure the oil will have any reason to move backwards & forwards through the pipe and heat transfer would be slow through the pipe section.

Mike, what's the drain plug thread ? I'll see what banjo fittings we have at work.

Colin

I will check the tread tomorrow and let you know. I doubt if the oil will move back and forth. I was just trying to increase the capacity . I could put a cooler in line and run a pump through the catch can and back into the casing through a tapped hole at oil level height . Finding a tiny little pump that didn't overfill the OD would be a problem.

glad to hear it was an easy fix!

you can get the alloy transfer case cover they use with the roamer drive as well and it drops the heat a bit.. stops a couple of weeps as well!

my toro pumps it's oil into the transfer case! bloody thing it is....

might try pulling the seals like dandylandyman

i thought i read they are supposedly making the fairy overdrives again from november this year, so all the parts will become available again...

so I take it that they all leak and you just have to put up with it, and the can is like a slow top up system , the sight glass is a good idea.