Don't feel too bad.

I completely rebuilt the rear end in my Firebird Formula 350. End to end. New brakes, new bearings, re-set up the gears, everything. Refilled with fluid. Did NOT recheck fluid level. Drove it home. Started making some truly rude noises, and driving really funny...... Turns out, the fluid hadn't settled out into the axle tubes, to lubricate the axle bearings, and the drivers side disintegrated....

So, grab another rear diff out of my supply, (I think I had five at the time.... I scrapped out a number of firebirds.....) rebuild that one.... Fill with fluid. Wait half an hour, add more fluid..... wait half an hour, finally top it off, and close it up. That rear diff is still under the car, 15 years, and 100k miles later.

 

I'm sure mechanics have endless stories of things people have done to their vehicles. I had a friend whose car had no brakes and he said to stop he would have to ram it into a curb, don't know what he did at stop lights, or hills...

 

HAHA!!! I drove from NY to PA like that with a blown brake line. God bless the E-Brake

 

Did your engine ever have issues for overfill? lol

 

it must have been burning a lot of oil too or leaking because I'd just dump a quart in there every couple weeks and never overflowed

 

Boy, that's a good idea. Why not design a car that only takes ONE type of oil that feeds into trans, both axles, power steering, everything. Maybe you were just ahead of your time there, Mitty!