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Keith True · 06-19-2013, 02:49 PM

Make sure the vent on the tower is open.Once it has been filled with old grease,hardened up,and painted a few times it will be hard to find.I just showed on to s fellow,he swore up and down he had searched and it just wasn't there.I climbed in the truck with a DA,hit the side of the tower with 80 grit,and a big black dot jumped right out of the bare metal.He'd been telling me he had been searching and scratching on that tower looking but I could see he had not gotten too serious about it.There were no scratches in his pretty paint.Make sure you have enough grease in the U-joint housing too,that will help keep the relatively thin gear oil in the car.

06-19-2013, 02:49 PM	#4
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,693	Re: Gearbox over filled ? Make sure the vent on the tower is open.Once it has been filled with old grease,hardened up,and painted a few times it will be hard to find.I just showed on to s fellow,he swore up and down he had searched and it just wasn't there.I climbed in the truck with a DA,hit the side of the tower with 80 grit,and a big black dot jumped right out of the bare metal.He'd been telling me he had been searching and scratching on that tower looking but I could see he had not gotten too serious about it.There were no scratches in his pretty paint.Make sure you have enough grease in the U-joint housing too,that will help keep the relatively thin gear oil in the car.