Don't think your mechanic has a clue about the rear end in your car.
Differential Fluid Change
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Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11
Differential Fluid Change
Mechanic is going to drop the cover, drain and replace fluid, and replace the "posi" and seal it back up for 75 dollars. Is this for real? Seems really cheap....
FYI, no I am not going to try to tackle this project myself....Rather let the mechaic do it. He has never let me down oh btw, it's a D36.
FYI, no I am not going to try to tackle this project myself....Rather let the mechaic do it. He has never let me down oh btw, it's a D36.
Le Mans Master
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From: Irvine Ca
Your mechanic is smoking crack.
he obviously has no clue about the D36, or he is yanking your chain and never intends to do anything.
How would 99.999% of the population check the fluid on a D36 to see if it was fresh or not?
And what "Posi" would he be referring to?? The Carrier?? It cost $75 just to call anyone that has D36 parts much less actually order any of them
he obviously has no clue about the D36, or he is yanking your chain and never intends to do anything.
How would 99.999% of the population check the fluid on a D36 to see if it was fresh or not?
And what "Posi" would he be referring to?? The Carrier?? It cost $75 just to call anyone that has D36 parts much less actually order any of them
Last edited by jhammons01; Apr 2, 2010 at 03:43 PM.
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Think he means posi lube.
It is a 15 minute job to pump out old fluid and the pump in 1.5 quarts of gear oil and 4 oz of posi lube.
Total cost $8-9 oil
$6 lube
Yeah, you can check the level using the old finger technique, unscrew the filler plug while the right wheel is higher then left, insert finger.
If you do not touch fluid, fluid is low.
It is a 15 minute job to pump out old fluid and the pump in 1.5 quarts of gear oil and 4 oz of posi lube.
Total cost $8-9 oil
$6 lube
Yeah, you can check the level using the old finger technique, unscrew the filler plug while the right wheel is higher then left, insert finger.
If you do not touch fluid, fluid is low.
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Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11
I told him I wanted a fluid change and he said hed drop the cover and change it that way and mentioned something about a positive? and I said posi and he said yes and said something about replacing something to do with that? Must be the lube....Fluid change sounds good. Thanks guys!
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If all he is going to do is pump the fluid out and refill, you should do it yourself, save half and have a pump left over for next time. He probably doesn't realize that the IRS rearend is unlike most other live axle rears.
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