Tip for the day

[Shackeng]

Unable to get my 1L Halfords oil bottle high enough to empty it into the diff, I used a thoroughly cleaned Gunson brake bleed bottle pressurised from the adjacent tyre at reduced pressure. Worked a treat.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Sounds good!

+1 and something I'll bear in mind 

[TheBoy]

Handy little things, even if many substances seem to knacker the seals prematurely....

...but then I've normally trodden on, dropped, or otherwise destroyed mine regularly anyway

[05omegav6]

Handy little things, even if many substances seem to knacker the seals prematurely....

...but then I've normally trodden on, dropped, or otherwise destroyed mine regularly anyway

Almost cheap enough to be disposable too

[Nick W]

Handy little things, even if many substances seem to knacker the seals prematurely....

...but then I've normally trodden on, dropped, or otherwise destroyed mine regularly anyway

Almost cheap enough to be disposable too

I don't want to know how many I've bought over the years.
I suspect they've eloped with my screwdrivers, and are breeding some very strange tools

[Stargazer57N]

When I changed my diff oil last week I use a £12 sealey syphon pump to empty the diff and then reversed the pump to pump the new oil  from the bottle to the diff. worked perfectly.

[Shackeng]

When I changed my diff oil last week I use a £12 sealey syphon pump to empty the diff and then reversed the pump to pump the new oil  from the bottle to the diff. worked perfectly.

I used similar to drain the diff, but found it easier to clean the brake bottle than the pump pipes.
Doing the TD estate today.

[Mr Gav]

You can drill a drain hole in the diff if you want, remove the bottom cover plate bolt and using a 6mm drill, drill upwards to the back of the bolt hole on a slight angle into the diff housing.
You can put insulating tape to protect the threads of the bolt hole if you feel it helps but it`s not necessary, then you have a nice little drain hole which will save you syphoning the oil out when you want to change it.

It`s best to drain it after a good run too as the oil is quite thick.

[TheBoy]

Handy little things, even if many substances seem to knacker the seals prematurely....

...but then I've normally trodden on, dropped, or otherwise destroyed mine regularly anyway

Almost cheap enough to be disposable too

Not if you need "right now" (ie, local shop), even blagging trade at the usual factors doesn't help greatly


I should be more organised

[TheBoy]

I should be more organised

Bit I do lead a very "interesting" life

[05omegav6]

Handy little things, even if many substances seem to knacker the seals prematurely....

...but then I've normally trodden on, dropped, or otherwise destroyed mine regularly anyway

Almost cheap enough to be disposable too

Not if you need "right now" (ie, local shop), even blagging trade at the usual factors doesn't help greatly


I should be more organised

Bought my last one in a little Halfords on a bank holiday saturday having been told by the bint in Eurocarparts that she had never heard of them so wasn't going to look it up 'as there was no point' Almost as stupid as the rest of the people in there...

I was only there as it was the ONLY place in Southampton that had stock of Focus brake hoses, but I digress