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Re: oil change

To: Acekraut11@aol.com
Subject: Re: oil change
From: "Philip E. Barnes" <peb3@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:08:50 -0500
At 3:28 PM -0500 11/23/04, Acekraut11@aol.com wrote:
>However, unless a previous owner has been proactive and kind to you 
>and installed a drain plug on the differential you will need to drop 
>the differential in order to drain the old fluid out.  Not that 
>tough of a job, especially if you have access to a lift.  20 bolts 
>will do the trick.  4 for the differential itself, then the rest for 
>the driveshaft and halfshafts.  If you are not sure of the history 
>of the car then an added benefit of removing the differential would 
>be  your ability to inspect the differential mounts to make sure 
>they are in decent shape.

This is sounding a lot like a bout of Shipwright's Disease.
-- 
Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)      
'71 TR6  CC61193L (27 year owner)




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