Any one used this brand? http://mrtruck.net/pml60instal.htm opinions? Mine is rusted and thinking about replaceing soon. Thought the extra oil capacity and drain would be nice

 

I went with the '08+ factory aluminum finned cover from Tousley Ford for less than $50. It doesn't have the extra capacity or drain, but it is cheap and purty.

 

i take it they will fit 2001 f250? mine has the 3.73 LS .........Have you seen any info on how much heat they dissipate compared to the factory steel covers? That price sounds a heck of a lot better

 

I used the aluminum cover as well on my 03. No need for extra fluid and stuff in the diffs. I am sure the aluminum cover cools a bit more than the stock steel cover but it is all mute.

 

I used the Mag-Hytec for both of my diffs.....Ya I like them but after spending almost $550 pluse more $$$ for the extra gear oil I dont think I would spend that kinda money again...That was in 2006 when I was working more hours pre week. Now I have to watch every $$ I spend.
....Gage

 

I hear that (watching $)........thats why the ford OEM aluminum are looking better...but the truck is about to be used for solid towing and my primary concern is heat dissipation and easy fluid change. I want the truck to last as long as possible with the least downtime. thanks everyone for your input

 

AL covers from Summit Racing were only $90 each...the added cooling, extra pint capacity, and drain plug in the rear cover are well worth the extra spend. Front cover is not really adding any value if your looking to save a few bucks.

NC

 

Per my experience drain on the cover doesn't work very well.
Most of the differentials will hold 1/2 cup of oil and heavy dirt at the bottom and usually that stuff needs to be mechanically wiped out.

 

And only need changing once every like 200K miles, so after changing the cover and fluid the first time, that will probably be the last time.

 

I wouldn't worry about it all, these axles are known to be virtually bulletproof. I've heard of some few and far-between failures here and there, but it's hardly a common thing.

Wide open throttle, all day, every day...you won't hurt it!

 

Moot vs. mute - Grammarist

 

I too am going to be heavy towing about 90% of our yearly mileage with our F-250 SD. I've done the regear from 3.73LS to 4.30LS. We went with Yukon gears for the 4.30's.

I haven't heard anything discouraging about the Yukon gears at all. But, since we're going to be using them pretty hard we'd like all the insurance we can get with the increased fluid capacity and added heat dissipation that a Mag-Hytec or similar aftermarket finned aluminum cover would offer.

Only thing bad I've heard of the aftermarket covers is if you fill them with fluid to the recommended level it will be well above the factory fill hole line. Consequently, there has been cases where the fluid level has been above the factory fill hole and will come out the vent tube. I have read that Ford says that their differentials should not be filled over the factory fill line regardless of what Mag-Hytec says.

That having been said, if you use the factory fill hole as a guideline using the Mag-Hytec cover you only have a 4.5 qt. capacity as opposed to the 6 qt. capacity touted by Mag-Hytec which partially defeats the purpose of the higher capacity cover.

Just wondered what the consensus thinking on this was with all of you here.

 

"08+ factory aluminum finned cover from Tousley Ford for less than $50" wins!

 

I didn't think it was right when I typed it, but I was to lazy at the time to figure it out so I left it up to you guys to figure out.