Installing Ford finned differential cover
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Installing Ford finned differential cover
I'm installing the GT500/Boss style rear differential cover on my first rear gear change this weekend, as I like the idea of it having a drain and fill plug on its back cover side for easier access to fill and future drain ease.
I noticed the cover came with a valve of sorts that screws in on the top right, which appears to allow the rear differential case to breathe?
The stock cover I have now does not have this, so I assume the rear differential breathes a different way?
With my older Ford truck, it has a tube that points up and has a U shape at the top; figured this was so it could breathe, and not get water into it, keeping the rear end out of harms way when 4 wheeling.
So, where is the stock breather of sorts for the rear end? Does this need to be capped when I install the new cover that has a valve on its top?
I noticed the cover came with a valve of sorts that screws in on the top right, which appears to allow the rear differential case to breathe?
The stock cover I have now does not have this, so I assume the rear differential breathes a different way?
With my older Ford truck, it has a tube that points up and has a U shape at the top; figured this was so it could breathe, and not get water into it, keeping the rear end out of harms way when 4 wheeling.
So, where is the stock breather of sorts for the rear end? Does this need to be capped when I install the new cover that has a valve on its top?
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Stock breather is on top of the passenger side of the axle housing. The frpp kit I believe plugs the stock breather and moves it to the top of the cover.
Can't see an issue with the breather in either place ...
Can't see an issue with the breather in either place ...
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