5.5 liters of 85W-140 GL-5 gear oil... 

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2) 09/04/2018 at 17:55 • Filed to: wrenching

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Into the front differential without a pump.

This could take a while. A long, long, long while...

Thankfully after the initial break-in service/change interval the front diff only requires oil changes every 1000 operating hours. It IS a clutch-type limited slip, so changing is required, not just topping off. 

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/04/2018 at 18:20

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85W-140?!?! Damn, honey would flow better than that.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/04/2018 at 18:26

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At least you can let gravity help. Refilling the diff on our Jeep required holding the bottle horizontal and squeezing as hard as possible nonstop for ten minutes. By the end of it I think I had a good idea of how menstrual cramps must feel.

nj959 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/04/2018 at 18:51

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Gotta get one of these:

I also find that these work really well to get most of the old fluid out if I don’t feel like pulling the cover:

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/04/2018 at 19:05

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It could be worse.  It could’ve been winter.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/04/2018 at 19:17

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True dat! 

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > nj959 09/04/2018 at 19:21

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I have one of the later, but I last used it to pump chloride tire ballast... So I' m not gonna run clean gear oil into the diff with it. The former: yes, I wish I had one of those right about now. 

nj959 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/04/2018 at 19:26

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That’s happened to me to, I forget that I used it for something else and I have to run out and get another one. It’s just another reason that repairs and maintenance always take longer than I expect!

jimz > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 09/04/2018 at 19:49

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never mind that, think of the smell!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/04/2018 at 20:21

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Oh man.  That’s the perfect analogy.  Yesterday I spent redoing the caulking on a tub.  Turns out the caulking I had in the gun was a bit older, and trying to squeeze that stuff out... yeah.  If I had to do that every day, I’d look like Popeye.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/04/2018 at 20:51

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You would still be filling it tomorrow...

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/04/2018 at 20:55

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I t took almost four hours as is!

pip bip - choose Corrour > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/05/2018 at 06:40

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fluid pumps are overrated.

:P