What tool to fill rear oil?
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Re: What tool to fill rear oil?
im assuming its a 10 bolt..... there should be a plug on the pass side of the differential, remove that to ut the gear oil in,
if its a 9 bolt the fill is on the cover.
to make it stop leaking remove the cover bolts and cover, clean both mating surfaces (cover and diff) than eather use strait RTV or a dff cover gasket. than re-assemble wait a little while for rtv to set than fill with 80W-90..... 3.5 pts......
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if its a 9 bolt the fill is on the cover.
to make it stop leaking remove the cover bolts and cover, clean both mating surfaces (cover and diff) than eather use strait RTV or a dff cover gasket. than re-assemble wait a little while for rtv to set than fill with 80W-90..... 3.5 pts......
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Re: What tool to fill rear oil?
The gear lube bottle should have a nipple thingy on the end. If you can't fit it in the fill hole, slide a piece of 3/8" hose over it and run it into the fill hole to the rear.
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Re: What tool to fill rear oil?
There's also a bottle pump (sold at most auto supply stores) which is cheap and works pretty well.
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Re: What tool to fill rear oil?
80W-90 or 85W-90 gear oil, regular not synthetic.
Edit:
If you jack up the rear of the car, put jack stands under the rear frame rails in front of the lower control arms, and then let the rear axle hang down (remove jack), it is really close to being level. You should be able to pour the fluid in with just the nipple on the end of the bottle. Should take 2-3 quart bottles. Stop filling when it starts to run out of the hole.
Edit:
If you jack up the rear of the car, put jack stands under the rear frame rails in front of the lower control arms, and then let the rear axle hang down (remove jack), it is really close to being level. You should be able to pour the fluid in with just the nipple on the end of the bottle. Should take 2-3 quart bottles. Stop filling when it starts to run out of the hole.
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Re: What tool to fill rear oil?
Many members on the board, to include me, use Mobil 1 75-90 synthetic (with a bottle of GM additive if you're running a limited slip).
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Re: What tool to fill rear oil?
I run 80-90W Lucas Synthetic oil and Posi additive, however my way of adding the fluid is a little diffrent.. I take a bottle of motor oil, cut it in half, clean it out then screw on the nipple from a gear oil bottle and attach a 3/8 clear hose then raise the bottle above the diff and pour in from the top ( usually only takes about 5 minutes to add the 3.5 pints )
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