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Filling the diff

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:06 pm
by Badass Bundy
Just interested in how do you guys fill your diffs up with diff oil? Do you use a pump? Syphon? A fairy wand?
Thanks.

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:16 pm
by zagan
goi and get the pump through ones 1 ltr bottle with a push down pump on top, they are $20-25 from different places.

Worth having a couple if you don't want oils mixing.

other way is buy a 1ltr fill up bottle with the pull out spout and re-fill that up when needed.

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:18 pm
by Cossie
look for Tom Thumb bottle/pump http://www.pamsup.com.au/pdf/p.pdf

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:30 pm
by Badass Bundy
Cossie wrote:look for Tom Thumb bottle/pump http://www.pamsup.com.au/pdf/p.pdf
PERFECT!!! Thanks :armsup:

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:04 pm
by ssfabricator
bought 2 1 litre bottles the other day they have pull out spout only 9.95 each 2 easy

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:48 pm
by HotFourOk
I also have the 1L Tom Thumb... works a treat! :armsup: :armsup:

Best money I have spent for a long time.

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:36 pm
by Madmac
i use an oil gun, basically its a big syringe with a piece of hose attached, holds about 1 lt

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:36 pm
by ausyota
Madmac wrote:i use an oil gun, basically its a big syringe with a piece of hose attached, holds about 1 lt
For diff oil I use my old mans 20litre drum of 85/140 with a drum pump :D
For my transfer I use 80/90 and use one of those big syringe style jobbies.
I have to say the propper 20 litre drum pump is the way to go but on a budget the syringe does the job.

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:12 pm
by CHIEF88
Would a gravity fed hose do the job? as I have to do this myself soon.
Or is it not that simple?

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:37 am
by to_easy
i just use a funnel and a bit of garden hose

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:40 am
by j-top paj
i let the mechanic worry about it :D

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:31 pm
by MAVRK-4
I bought a little hand pump from an auto store here in Adelaide, screws into the neck of all your usual oil containers (castrol, shell bottles etc.. up to 4L) and has a hose off to your diff... even a clever little clip to hold the end of the hose in the filler point!

I think they're only about $10, still strenuous pumping a few litres in while your lying under the truck, but one of the better manual ways to do it with little fuss / mess.

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:20 pm
by zagan
Cossie wrote:look for Tom Thumb bottle/pump http://www.pamsup.com.au/pdf/p.pdf
That's the one I was trying to explain couldn't think of the name for it.

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:29 pm
by pongo
coke bottle and the tip of an old moreys bottle.

slow but cheap and i dont spill a drop