Originally Posted by
phil alvirez
thank you for the input. good to know also that the drain is 17mm. will work from that to fit my tools.
on the search i found several options. i just was intrigued by the difference in shapes and what goes at the other end of the 14mm hex.
i conclude that what goes at the other end is what fits your equipment best.
i find hard to believe that there is no data available (to my knowledge) about the sizes and location, even if i searched extensively.
eventually i found a drawing showing the location, so with that and the sizes of both plugs i can do.
still, with so many thousands of xf with manual transmissions around, this basic data should be easily available for us who do work on our cars. especially something so simple as changing transmission oil.
once again, thank you for the data on the 17mm.
Be calm, its quite easy to find it.
When you stand the car, the drain plug is a very big hex bolt at the bottom and center of the gearbox. Quite easy to find.
The fill plug is in the passenger side (right side of the vehicle) and you will need a pump or a
syringe to fill it, because it is in a not at a suitable position, you should know this before doing the job haha.
On this link you can find all the information (for sure, on this forum too but this link is on my browser bookmarks). If you replace the oil, think about changing the rear differential. It is 1 liter, with 2 14mm hex bolt, as the fill plug of the gearbox, and you should use 235.7 MB Spec, 1 liter.
I did it a few months ago, the rear diff oil was black, new was red-pink.
