Changing Gearbox oil

[Ronin 09]

If anyone has tried changing their gearbox oil, i have a small tip.

On the weekend my mechanic and I did engine, gearbox and diff oil on my car and ran into a bit of a problem. We used just floor jacks so didn't have heaps of room under the car, and after spending 20 mins trying to undo the bottom bung on the 'box finally got it undone and drained... why nissan do it up so tight i will never know. Hint: dont get gearbox metal splinters from the magnetic pickup from the bung. They hurt.

So, after letting it drain, we replaced the bung and went for the top one... 3 hours, breaker bars, levers, etc etc later and the bugger still wouldn't budge. So we were presented with quite a problem. Finally we discovered the speedo sender (i think) just behind the fill bung - a 10mm bolt and 20 seconds later and that was out. Filled the gearbox up through there, and all was well.

Damn, if nissan screw the rest of the car together as well as the gearbox bungs, they will never fall apart!