At this point in the story Charlie Brown would go
AAAUUUUUGGGHHHHHH!!!!
When I rebuilt my transmission, I knew not to put GL5
in it, so I didn't. But that doesn't mean I didn't
fill my diff with it before I put it back under the
car cause I had a jug of it lying around the garage...
a year and a half ago....oops.
I've been doing paint and body work since then and
didn't even crawl under to see if I have a drain plug,
cause a year and a half or a year and a half and a few
more days won't really make much DIFF-erence.
Anyone know any reputable Diff rebuilders and How much
does it cost to rebuild one anyway...
From: Douglas Frank frank@zk3.dec.com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:19:52 -0400
Subject: Re: diff oil filler
"alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" wrote:
>
> Total capacity I seem to remember was 1 1/4 pints
(US). I use EP90
> GL5 or whatever it is but it's not supposed to
contain phosphorous
> as that eats the copper seals (or something to that
effect).
Half right-- but it's GL5 that destroys the bronze
bits, so you
want to use an oil marked GL4 on the bottle.
I accidentally filled my diff with Redline 75w90,
which is a GL5
formulation, and let it sit for a week before I
realized what I'd
done. Draining it out, there were zillions of tiny
golden
specks-- and now my shims are a little bit thinner, I
guess.
Use GL4. (There's something informally called GL5.1,
which is
supposedly a GL5 that's safe for bronze... can anyone
out there
enlighten us??)
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