New Game CMP Brain Teaser Trivia

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

New game for those of you who spend to much time working on, playing with or studying CMPs. CMP Brain Teaser Trivia, object to post a simple question about CMPs Ford or Chevy, question should be something you have observed, read about, or been curious about.

Question #1 On Chevy CMPs what gear do you put the transmission to check the lube level?

Cheers Phil

[Grant Bowker]

Question for the game moderator - Do we have to know the answer to the question we post or are we allowed to ask about things we are curious about but have no answer to?

[Howard]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Question #1 On Chevy CMPs what gear do you put the transmission to check the lube level?
Cheers Phil

It matters?
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[Phil Waterman]

Hi Grant

We had to go to the instant replay booth for a review of the ruling on the field.

No you don't have to know the answer question.

Cheers Phil

[Richard Farrant]

OK, to dive into Phil's question. I see that due to the plan view of the gearbox casing, at oil level height, it is slightly irregular, and by selecting a gear, ie sliding one of the gears along the mainshaft, it might displace a few cubic centimetres of oil in doing so, but it is hardly worth considering as when the gearbox is revolving, the level is not maintained as oil is everway and whichway around the box.
Not seen any note of selecting a gear before checking oil in any Chev or Bedford box (Bedford is basically a Chev design) in official manuals. Do not think the CMP gearbox is any different to aforementioned.

Hope this opens the discussion !

cheers Richard

[Tony Wheeler]

Not familiar with the Chev box but does it have anything to do with finger access?

[Phil Waterman]

Hi

Richard raises an interesting point, which I'll have to verify the next time I have a Chevy gear box out on the bench to see if the level changes depending which gear is selected.

Tony is getting very close but lets see if anybody can add to the reason.

Cheers Phil