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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:56 am 
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hey guys just wondering how hard it is to replace a seal in my diff now its not the most healthy diff in the world but needs attention as its all over the joint (single spinner) would it be just as cheap and easy to put in a LSD dif or wats the best solution?

also with my 5Sp it tends to have a quick grind wen i change into 3rd and 4th gear but never does it wen i go down gears only wen changing up gets better wen warm but still does it, it also throws itself out of gear at times like just taking off in 1st or second any help much appreciated

i was thinking of just buying a wreck XR6 ef-el just to pull these parts out of it & grab extra's like the XR6 head


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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:52 pm 
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wen i got the ford i was told it did alot of towing also which was confirmed by a hayman reese towbar kit

could the towing have worn these out?

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:08 pm 
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Not sure on the towing but the grinding between gears is syncos, not sure what causes it to pop out of gear but it generaly means the box is worn. If you can live with it drive it, it cant get much worse, its either a rebuild job or swap it out for another box.
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:15 pm 
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i thort if it was syncro's it would do it changing down gears also? thats wat made me think as to wat else it could be

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:14 pm 
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have you changed the fluid in it lately or ever? it helps a bit. I have an EA t5 in my ef, its about 20 years old and has done lots of towing etc, has done about 400,000km so far and is pretty good. the pedal box however is another story.

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:25 pm 
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well i have owned the car for 3 weeks now and am slowly going over it but just seems worse then just bad oil

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:27 pm 
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also im going to be chasing a new diff very soon :S started to make clunky noises last nite i just toped the il level up on it but still not healthy

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:40 pm 
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diff up here at the wreckers is 70 bucks, id just chuck another el one in it.
sounds like its been thrashed.
how many km on it?

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:10 pm 
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has 208 000kms

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:13 pm 
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must have had a fuggin hard life :o(
I'd change the box fluid, as if its never been done it might help with the changes. Especially if it gets better as the box warms up. (Dextron 3 is what these boxes use too)
Add some sort of conditioner to the oil too see if that helps/

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:16 pm 
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thanx for your help man much appreciated :D

and yeh i half suspected it having a hard life i pikd it up for $2500

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:23 pm 
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I've had my car for about 100,000km and the owner before me was the cousin who, lets just say doesn't treat his cars all that well. and the diff is just starting to get a bearing noise now. Mind you when they go underwater/into muddy water the sand etc cant do much good to the car can it :S

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:31 pm 
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still trying to ind another dif whilst trying to work out why the cars running like s**t? i reset the pewta ran fine but slowly working back to old ways

wen car has no load on engine it seems to have gained power but wen it comes to putting that to the ground it dont seem to be doing nothing

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:54 pm 
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Krytox: Conventional Oil Dexron3 with 150ml Lubrizol additive. (yes ATF fluid)

Good: Penrite extra light gear oil + lubrizol

Better: Castrol Tranzmax-Z

Best : apparently: Redline Rock crusher.


Also check your clutch cable, mine sits firm up against the extractors and i need to pull it out every now and then, if i don't all gears end up crunching.

How much is a T5 rebuild these days?
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:09 pm 
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cheers man not sure of rebuild cost coz i know i could replace with another unit fairly cheaplybut i i dont gotta i wont lol

cheers man

how much it cost to get engine rebuilds ect these days? i do most the work myself

 

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