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Dec 4, 2021 | 10:20 AM

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grinder11

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Yeah we swapped my original one out at 275k miles. Had a nasty whine on acceleration. Right side shaft had more play than a Chuck E. Cheese.

Took us probably 3 hours to do on the lift. Not terrible.

So it'd be a 3 or 4 evening job with a lift for a 68 year old, old fart like me working alone!!

Dec 4, 2021 | 04:03 PM

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For an auto equipped car, whether originally with a 2.73 or 3.15 rear gears, a 3.42 swap would give a nice improvement. If you want even more, 3.73 would really wake the car up.

Dec 4, 2021 | 10:58 PM

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So it'd be a 3 or 4 evening job with a lift for a 68 year old, old fart like me working alone!!

I’ll raise you a six-pack, and swap it out on the floor with jack stands, cuz I’m only 67. Let’s see, this is December…. 🤔.

Dec 4, 2021 | 11:08 PM

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Johnny Hardcore

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So it'd be a 3 or 4 evening job with a lift for a 68 year old, old fart like me working alone!!

68 is the new 58!

It's a 3-4 hour job. I've done it (at 46 yrs old and not a small man) with the help of my 16 year old nephew. We have a lift and it definitely helped to have the extra hands. Especially when putting the new diff back in. Scale of 1-10. 10 being difficult it's maybe a 6.

Dec 5, 2021 | 08:06 AM

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3-4 hours would have been an incredibly quick in and out in my opinion. It took me and an experienced mechanic (not in diff swaps but in auto mechanics in general) a little over 5 hours in a full shop and on a lift and we didn't have any big issues other than it took about 15 minutes to get one of the axle backs back in.

Dec 5, 2021 | 10:51 AM

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grinder11

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I have to work alone. Not complaining, either. But just about everything takes more time when you're working alone, without a helper.......I'd absolutely dread doing this job without a lift......

Dec 5, 2021 | 10:24 PM

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I have to work alone. Not complaining, either. But just about everything takes more time when you're working alone, without a helper.......I'd absolutely dread doing this job without a lift......

that’s what she said…