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Not trying to tell you your business or anything and I don't know what rear and front ends you have but my rear diff only takes 2 quarts of gear oil. You might need to go back and get one more quart if 75W90. The books all say my transmission takes over 2 quarts, like 2.3 or something, the most I ever got it to hold was 2 quarts.
Also it really helps to have one of those gear oil hand pumps to pump the oil in the transmission. There is not enough room under the truck to hold the bottle upside down to fill the trans, plus the fill hole being on the side of the trans makes it awkward. I have read that some guys use a long plastic or rubber hose on the bottle and fill the trans from up in the engine compartment. I read a post from another guy who said he just removed the shifter **** and trim console and unbolted the shifter and poured the lube in from the top. If you have the same fill and check plugs on your trans as I do, you will need a big allen wrench to get them out. I think mine is a 5/8", some guys have said theirs was metric though. I bought a good set of large Allen wrenches at Northern Tool for about $12.00 the first time I drained and filled my transmission. They have come in handy on other jobs too. It also helps to put a little liquid thread sealer compound on the check and fill plugs when you put them back in.
Jimmy
Also it really helps to have one of those gear oil hand pumps to pump the oil in the transmission. There is not enough room under the truck to hold the bottle upside down to fill the trans, plus the fill hole being on the side of the trans makes it awkward. I have read that some guys use a long plastic or rubber hose on the bottle and fill the trans from up in the engine compartment. I read a post from another guy who said he just removed the shifter **** and trim console and unbolted the shifter and poured the lube in from the top. If you have the same fill and check plugs on your trans as I do, you will need a big allen wrench to get them out. I think mine is a 5/8", some guys have said theirs was metric though. I bought a good set of large Allen wrenches at Northern Tool for about $12.00 the first time I drained and filled my transmission. They have come in handy on other jobs too. It also helps to put a little liquid thread sealer compound on the check and fill plugs when you put them back in.
Jimmy
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From: Plattsburgh, NY
Not trying to tell you your business or anything and I don't know what rear and front ends you have but my rear diff only takes 2 quarts of gear oil. You might need to go back and get one more quart if 75W90. The books all say my transmission takes over 2 quarts, like 2.3 or something, the most I ever got it to hold was 2 quarts.
Also it really helps to have one of those gear oil hand pumps to pump the oil in the transmission. There is not enough room under the truck to hold the bottle upside down to fill the trans, plus the fill hole being on the side of the trans makes it awkward. I have read that some guys use a long plastic or rubber hose on the bottle and fill the trans from up in the engine compartment. I read a post from another guy who said he just removed the shifter **** and trim console and unbolted the shifter and poured the lube in from the top. If you have the same fill and check plugs on your trans as I do, you will need a big allen wrench to get them out. I think mine is a 5/8", some guys have said theirs was metric though. I bought a good set of large Allen wrenches at Northern Tool for about $12.00 the first time I drained and filled my transmission. They have come in handy on other jobs too. It also helps to put a little liquid thread sealer compound on the check and fill plugs when you put them back in.
Jimmy
Also it really helps to have one of those gear oil hand pumps to pump the oil in the transmission. There is not enough room under the truck to hold the bottle upside down to fill the trans, plus the fill hole being on the side of the trans makes it awkward. I have read that some guys use a long plastic or rubber hose on the bottle and fill the trans from up in the engine compartment. I read a post from another guy who said he just removed the shifter **** and trim console and unbolted the shifter and poured the lube in from the top. If you have the same fill and check plugs on your trans as I do, you will need a big allen wrench to get them out. I think mine is a 5/8", some guys have said theirs was metric though. I bought a good set of large Allen wrenches at Northern Tool for about $12.00 the first time I drained and filled my transmission. They have come in handy on other jobs too. It also helps to put a little liquid thread sealer compound on the check and fill plugs when you put them back in.
Jimmy
Yeah, I know I need hand pump but Napa didn't have any when I went today. They had a hose that attaches to the top of the gear oil bottle, so I bought that for the differential. I was hoping to find a pump but they didn't have any.
There was no way I was dropping the extra money for synthetic gear oil once I found out how much more it really was...
I have plenty of Allen wrenches as well and if for some reason I didn't have one here that was the right size, I know for a fact I have one at work. It's nice working at a place with every tool possible. If I ever need anything I can just borrow it from there although we just about everything at home we would need.
Last edited by bpark8824; Jul 29, 2011 at 06:06 PM.