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Marblehead, MA, USA
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Believe it or not, I'm almost 50 and while I've wrenched on a bunch of vehicles in my life, I had never actually changed differential fluid. Brakes, sure. Coolant, fine. Gearbox, yep. But never a diff. Life is weird that way.
I was a bit intimidated by the prospect of doing this on the Midget for some reason -- I guess I figured it would be a messy, frustrating job. I also had a fear that my beautiful new drum brakes would be ruined by leaking oil seals in the hubs coupled by leaking gaskets in the half-shaft interfaces.
A nice surprise was that my 1/2-inch wrench extension fit both square plugs just fine without any filing, and the addition of an inexpensive fluid transfer pump made all the difference. And the drums are still bone dry, so I guess all that worry was for not (but time will tell...)
<br/>Marblehead MG - Episode 27: Differential Oil Change
I was a bit intimidated by the prospect of doing this on the Midget for some reason -- I guess I figured it would be a messy, frustrating job. I also had a fear that my beautiful new drum brakes would be ruined by leaking oil seals in the hubs coupled by leaking gaskets in the half-shaft interfaces.
A nice surprise was that my 1/2-inch wrench extension fit both square plugs just fine without any filing, and the addition of an inexpensive fluid transfer pump made all the difference. And the drums are still bone dry, so I guess all that worry was for not (but time will tell...)
<br/>Marblehead MG - Episode 27: Differential Oil Change
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