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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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BTW, why is the front not synthetic? I thought i.e. 75w-90 Mobil would be good, no?
 

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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Flying Finn
BTW, why is the front not synthetic? I thought i.e. 75w-90 Mobil would be good, no?
I guess it would be fine. However, I know that GM pickups and SUV's required you to change out a breather tube cap on the front axle to be compatible with synthetic oil. I'm not sure if Ford has these foolish issues or not so ask around.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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BTW, why is the front not synthetic? I thought i.e. 75w-90 Mobil would be good, no?
You can use synthetic in place of dino lube with no problems. FMC uses dino to save a little money. The rear axle was changed to synthetic from the factory mainly to prevent premature failures they were experiencing a number of years back.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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You can use synthetic in place of dino lube with no problems. FMC uses dino to save a little money. The rear axle was changed to synthetic from the factory mainly to prevent premature failures they were experiencing a number of years back.
Thank you!
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 12:32 AM
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use 90-140 synthetic gear lubean just bout forget about it. get heavy industril magnet ond get it inside the case or get a magnetic drain plug if there is a plug on axle. road ranger big truck transmission actully cst in magnets inside the trnsmission housings. that will take care of tiny metal stuff.
 
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Royal Purple already has the LS additive in it, saves a little money too. They make it in 3 different weights, so you can use it in any axle.
 
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