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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 02:24 PM
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Question Rear axle fill plug

Does anyone know what tool is required to remove the fill plug from a 2004 Ranger with 4WD? It does not appear to be a standard tool.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 04:10 PM
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I have always use a ratchet with an extension, is it just a square hole.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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I thought you said Ford used premium fluid in the diff. Why do you want to drain it?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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Exclamation No drain

I am using my Ranger as a sort of test bed and one of the things I'm doing is adding a colloid additive package to the RE fluid. Though the RE is excellent by itself, its operating temperature (read this as friction) can be reduced substantially with the addition of PTFE (1.0 microns partical size) and synthetic moly colloids (0.3-1.3 microns). Both substances are inert and will not otherwise affect the fluid.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 07:51 PM
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Exclamation Thanks!!!

KEN00: You were right. I had what I needed and the drain plug came right off.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 08:03 PM
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Glad to hear things went well.
 
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