Well, maybe I won't sell the wrenches on E-bay just yet.

1. when you take off the lens/bezel assembly of a mini mag light, it fits almost perfectly into the drain hole - it lights up the inside of the diff pretty well. Gently cross threaded, it will stay in unassisted.

2. peering in through the fill hole, you can get a useful, though limited view of the innards

3. plastic floats in gear oil, though it never mattered much

4. jacking up the driver side gets more of the old gear oil out and can help make foreign objects roll towards the drain hole....

5. coat hangers are tools, too. (I know what those chimpanzees that use twigs to fish termites out of mounds feel like)

6. if your metric wrenches run out at 19mm, a 15/16" is a pretty damn good fit on the diff fill/drain bolts

7. it is good to have cold beer on hand to use as enticement to get your neighbor to help.


Time for a cold one... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Scott