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Milly S	03/10/2023 19:37:25
42 forum posts 9 photos	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
Stuart Bridger	03/10/2023 20:15:52
566 forum posts 31 photos	looking at the chuck from the tailstock end, bottom right of headstock.
not done it yet	04/10/2023 10:15:32
7517 forum posts 20 photos	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 S	04/10/2023 22:14:03
42 forum posts 9 photos	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 1	04/10/2023 23:03:21
189 forum posts 3 photos	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 yet	04/10/2023 23:36:17
7517 forum posts 20 photos	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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