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RE: TR6 Differential Drain Plugs

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net (Triumphs)
Subject: RE: TR6 Differential Drain Plugs
From: TWALLI@vanheusen.com (Walling, Tom)
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:38:15 -0700
I had my diffy out last fall to replace the mounts and weld up a cracked 
mount (sound familiar?) and in my usual fashion, I asked the mechanic to 
replace the oil seals and the hypoy and to drill & tap a drain hole for a 
plug.  You should have seen the look on his face!  You'd think I asked him 
to upholster the thing with Angel Hair or something!  His observations was 
"Don't you think there are enough places for the oil to leak already? "  He 
also doubts that there is much need to replace the oil, only to keep it 
topped up.  I also suspect that the oil that he drained out was probably put 
in at the factory in the "Home Land".  The stuff was still fairly clean but 
what do I know?  I decided to go with his recommendation since he is at 
least as finicky as I am (did you catch the Saab Mechanic on Seinfeld?  the 
one who kidnaps Jerry's car so it'll get the service it deserves?)  Although 
it goes against instinct (and C.A.R.'s practises). I think you'r3e better 
off leaving the diff case as Coventry created it.  


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