fluids and capacity
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fluids and capacity
i was wanting to know how do i tell what axles i have i went to the car part stores and can't find a book for the truck. i know it's got a 5 speed manual and i was told it took mercon auto tranny fluid and so did the transfercase does any know about how much they take.... i looked on my rear axle and didn't see any names its got 12 bolts on the cover and the front axle has 10 bolts???
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your rear axle is a sterling 10.25.
if you have a 4x4 your front is a dana 50 since you have got a 250.
i used royal purple synchromax in my 5 speed.
and used some royal purple syn atf in xfer case.
look at the sticker on your door jamb and see if you have a limited slip rear or not if you do you will need to add the friction modifier to it.
so if you look at your axle code and it start with a "C" instead of a 3 add friction modifier.
need a manual send me a pm with your email address?
if you have a 4x4 your front is a dana 50 since you have got a 250.
i used royal purple synchromax in my 5 speed.
and used some royal purple syn atf in xfer case.
look at the sticker on your door jamb and see if you have a limited slip rear or not if you do you will need to add the friction modifier to it.
so if you look at your axle code and it start with a "C" instead of a 3 add friction modifier.
need a manual send me a pm with your email address?
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quick response 350, the factory fluids are 80w90 in the diffs, atf in the tranny and transfer case. you can put any brand you like in, the manual trans i like the ford full synthetic manual trans fluid, it shifts awesome in them. always stick with standard atf in the transfer case, a lot of people like the royal purple in the rears, i just run good old castrol gear oil with the ford friction modifier, cheap and effective. i figure if it lasted 200k with my abuse then the fluid must be workin
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also forgot something an easy way to fill your tranny is to pull the your shifter boot and the 4 bolts that hold your shifter in. slide straight up and dont drop the two plastic pieces. dump in your fluid 4 quarts if i remember right.
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