Re: Changing Front Differential Oil

From: Tony Cellana (acellan1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2003 - 12:21:29 EST


Go to a marine place. They have manual pumps that fit on a std oil bottle
for filling lower gear cases with fresh oil. They can be had for less than
$10. Then you can pump it uphill if you need.

TonyC

-----Original Message-----
From: david.clement@verizon.net <david.clement@verizon.net>
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
<dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Changing Front Differential Oil

>
>In article <sfbb3900.038@mail.dhs.state.il.us>, DHSPA58@dhs.state.il.us
("BARRY
>OLIVER") writes:
>>
>>
>> I just had this conversation with another friend.... and the suggestion
>> was made to rig up a turkey baster and some clear tubing, but then I
>> have not tried it, so it's one of those ideas that may sound good and
>> work poorly...
>>
>> Another idea would be to stick that clear tubing onto the nipple on the
>> bottle and snake it down from above....
>>
>The turkey baster is slow and messy, that is what prompted me to get a long
>piece of hose and a funnel and work from above years ago on a Daytona that
had
>no clearance for pouring in fluid from below. Tubing stuck onto the nipple
>tends to slip off and make even more of a mess. Much better to look for one
of
>those caps I mentioned before that has the push pull valve and a proper
hose
>barb. As I recall the one I got at Autozone was only a buck or two.
>
>Dave Clement
>99 SLT+ CC 4x4
>



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