Here is the pic

 

That's enough to convince me I don't need a special cover.
Never saw one on a military vehicle I was behind.
I have replaced cracked aluminum ones. Steel ones just dent.


I just cant figure out why doing it with exception of more oil, sight glass maybe and a drain plug.

 

Not to disagree, my experience is from hauling double and a few triple tandems gooseneck trailers from Black forest CO, to Silverthorne over Eisenhower on a DRW Sterling 10.5 with 4.30s , maybe 60-70 degree days. Loads were logged timber 24-28,000 lbs scale verified. This is not a GROSS weight, including the truck we weighed in over 30k everytime. I could get the diff to 235 degrees within 10 minutes up I70, and it was hard to drop it much, seen more than that as well.

Trans stayed at 225-230 with a 6.0 cooler and upsized lines. I will agree a deep finned trans pan does nothing for temp, but the additional 6 qts can be nice.

I will agree 90% of them out there are for looks....

 

That one is affordable at 60-80$ and I will have one on my new doolie diff. Y? Cause bad a$$ness...
I'm not making excuses,just smoke

 

And they do look good!

If mine hadn't been free then I probably wouldn't have put one on it. But I do like how it looks

 

So you do like you read end to look nice and spiffy? do you wax back there too or go natural?


Some call bumpy or lumpy rear ends speed bumps aka hemi roids

 

My rear end looks spiffy all on its's own. So...el natural

 

I was thinking of adding one for looks but the huge 44 gallon fuel tank covers the whole pumpkin lol....

 

I bought a G2 aluminum cover because it has a drain for easy oil changes. It sure is purdy.

Also put a LubeLocker gasket for when I need to take it off for inspection and cleaning.

 

Hey bud. By chance, can you tell me how much longer the bolts need to be compared to stock?

 

Everywhere i read said 1 1/4" 5/16 bolts but i got away with 1" using a lube locker gasket. Lowes sells them in stainless for like $1 each. I used regular bolt heads not the allen hex cap ones

 

I'd love to put some Mag Hytecs on mine. Diipstick/fill tube, drain plug, and an o-ring seal. No more sloppy RTV is worth it to me!

 

Not if the outlet was properly placed in relationship to the ring gear.
Explore model t oiling system. It could work.

 

you'd probably just be better off zip tying an electric fan on the cover over the fins

 

I believe 1 1/4 are what I used as well