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Hi JohnQuote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
I have looked all around the diff a few times now. I cannot find anything that would resemble a fill plug, even looked for a bolt that might double up as one, but nothing. The front one has a plug in plain view though. I have tried to upload a video of the diff housing I did on the phone with the photo of the housing (attached) but it keeps failing. Will try and upload it to somewhere else and attach a link.
Ian
Obviously you put the rear axle back in upside-down when you did the resto Ian. Sheeesh.:D
Video of the diff housing. Sorry for the shakey content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p82L...ature=youtu.be
For that smartarse comment, I't's your shout on Saturday night!!:pQuote:
Originally Posted by scanfor
Me and my big mouth........:angel:
Hi Ian,
Looking at that video it does appear that you don't have a filling hole. Usually it would be on the nose of the diff as John said. Some of mine have both the nose and the cover at the rear so I just pick the one that is easier to get to :).
How did you fill it last time? Oil must have got in there somehow. You might need to look for a diff centre that has the fill plug on the nose and replace it. You could drill into the rear cover in the right place and tap one in as well but you would have to do that with the diff out anyway to get rid of the swarf.
Tim.
I'm baffled, will keep having a bit of a look though.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/04/345.jpg
it looks to me that you have a diff centre from a later type land rover, perhaps a rangy, so what is the diff ratio?
I have the same problem with a later diff centre, no fill plug, as the early diff had the fill plug on the diff centre, in later type rangy diffs the fill plug moved to the rear cover.
to fill mine, I just remove the axle and fill through there.
the diff only needs enough oil in it to be level with the bottom of the drive shaft, the crown wheel will move the oil around as required.
overfilling is usually shown as oil departing the scene through the pinion shaft seal or an axle seal.
I wouldn't try to fit a fill plug to the rear cover as the metal is too thin.
a fill plug could be tapped in at the spot shown on the centre in the drawings, if you carefully drill and tap with stiff grease on the drill and tap and work carefully.
and if doing it that way I would then still flush with petrol, turps , kero or any other free flowing hydrocarbon to get any remainder out.
it isn't hard to get it right without dropping swarf in the diff housing, and a good flush after removes anything to worry about.
or take the diff centre out and do it on the bench.
I might have the right size tap.
should do it to mine as well......
It is definitely a later model diff center as harry says. The casting hints at rangerover. Fill via an axle tube!
Cheers Scott
Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated. I was wondering if one of the bolts that holds the diff together could be used, (looks like a bolt at 18 seconds on the video) and it's half way up for a fill level as well. I will pull it out on Saturday and have a look. Harry, Scott. No idea what the ratio's are sorry. One good score after Flano's on the weekend Harry, Busman found a reconditioned 2a gearbox, suffix B in Brisvegas from a deceased estate. I managed to pick it up for $200. I will have to make time now to replace mine after I check out that I'm happy with the new one. Found the brake fluid leak on the rear passenger wheel cylinder, so that's the Saturday morning job at the moment.
Ian