Thunder Child Fuel-up Log

2003 Dodge Ram 2500
Property of flainn. Added Mar 14 2015

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May 29 2016

Changed front and rear differential oil. New oil: AutoZone house brand 75w-90 conventional, non limited slip (the rear axle is not a limited slip axle, and fronts never are), $6 a quart. For the rear, I took the pumpkin off, drained completely, and cleaned inside really well. The original gasket was still on there, so probably the oil hasn't been changed before (good thing I'm doing it!) I made a new gasket with Permatex RTV and am waiting 24 hours to let it cure before refilling with oil. The front diff pumpkin seemed way too difficult to remove (I'd have to take off various bars and whatnot even to get at the bolts) so rather than taking the pumpkin off, I sucked ~2.3 qt of old oil out through the fill hole and refilled an equal amount. The old oil in both diffs was very dark and a fair amount of metal spooge on the magnets. New oil is very light straw color.

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Added by flainn on May 29 2016 at 5:25 pm