Fluids Change
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Brands do matter. Obviously stay away from Lucas and Royal Purple. Lucas Oil Stabilizer has no additives nor quality base oil, just greasy slop in a $15 bottle.
Mobil 1 GL-5 for gear oil and PZ Synchromesh for GL-4 Manual Trans Fluid.
MaxLife ATF or Mobil 1 ATF. Don't use high miles ATF in the power steering fluid, it's not great for the seals. Any synth spec ATF will do; Merc V, Dexron 6, ATF +4, old stock of Mobil 1 Dex III, even "Multi" universal ATF...just not hi-miles or cheap Dex III stuff. Name brand Dex/Merc from a new supplier is ok for flushing $16/g for Castrol on Amazon. The Supertech spec ATFs at WalMart are great and dirt cheap, I might go that route.
http://pqiamerica.com/ATF_Sample_Summary_Dec_2016.html
http://www.pqiamerica.com/
Beware of off-brand lubes...
Mobil 1 GL-5 for gear oil and PZ Synchromesh for GL-4 Manual Trans Fluid.
MaxLife ATF or Mobil 1 ATF. Don't use high miles ATF in the power steering fluid, it's not great for the seals. Any synth spec ATF will do; Merc V, Dexron 6, ATF +4, old stock of Mobil 1 Dex III, even "Multi" universal ATF...just not hi-miles or cheap Dex III stuff. Name brand Dex/Merc from a new supplier is ok for flushing $16/g for Castrol on Amazon. The Supertech spec ATFs at WalMart are great and dirt cheap, I might go that route.
http://pqiamerica.com/ATF_Sample_Summary_Dec_2016.html
http://www.pqiamerica.com/
Beware of off-brand lubes...
Last edited by Audi Junkie; Feb 25, 2017 at 12:44 AM.
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Engine and rear diff are done. Going to let rtv cure overnight until I fill her up. Transmission actually looks easy after I l looked at it. I think I saw a tech article on doing the transmission, I'll have to find it.
When looking I figured I should do transfer case and front diff. Transfer case has an easy access drain and fill plug. What fluid, how much? I found the drain plug on my front diff I will have to search for the fill plug. Seems easy after shield is taken off.
When looking I figured I should do transfer case and front diff. Transfer case has an easy access drain and fill plug. What fluid, how much? I found the drain plug on my front diff I will have to search for the fill plug. Seems easy after shield is taken off.
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With esof, your left front axle is always turning, which spins the spiders. If you had locking hubs...it wouldnt. Mileage drag for convenience sake. Personally, I never minded either manual or auto hubs on vehicles that had them.
Last edited by mbb; Feb 25, 2017 at 07:08 PM.