I proceeded with a bit more caution than I'd originally intended - I put in another 300ml including the re-seal. Then I took it around some of the M25 to work it around the gearbox and now the remaining whine in 4th is barely audible.you do know if you over fill the gear box you risk contaminating the clutch with gear oil,
I dropped in to chat with Andy on the way home and he was of the same opinion as you Malcolm - no need to put any more oil in since the whine has pretty much gone anyway - but I'm sure it was almost completely out of oil.
It's going in either the end of next week or the week after (for driveshaft seals) - I want to know how short of oil it is / was so Andy is going to drain the gearbox into a measuring jug - I'm pretty sure that the only reason for the whine was it running out of oil and hopefully I'll have got away with it without damage to the gearbox.
IIRC the box should take 2 litres but Andy is aware of an update to that spec and fills with 2.5 litres.
I found that with LHM too - that particular stealer blotted his copybook as far as I was concerned and they have now left town anyway so I order spares from further away now. There is a more local dealer so I guess I should look them up.As a side note, when i was putting my car back together this time last year, I found the cheapest place for a branded 75/80 oil was actually from the main stealer, and that was before getting discount on it!
from the other thread...
There are aparently 2 types of actuating fork and therefore 2 types of thrust bearing - not sure about push / pull differences.are there not two types of actuation on the be3, push or pull on the clutch?