[Roadsters] Leaky differential?

[David Bentz]

Paul
were you able to give it a douse of purple power or something to clean the
diff off to see if/where the leak(s) are coming from w/the new fluid?



On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Paul Kort <paulsdatsunstuff at gmail.com>wrote:

>   Coming home from MidOhio a few weeks ago, the differential in my 1969
> 1600 started whining.  The car has a KA24E, 5 speed, and a 3.70 ring &
> pinion from a 2000.  I crawled underneath today and pulled the drain plug.
> Got a few drops!  I pulled the wheels and brake drums.  The axles are not
> leaking.  It does look like the drain plug has been leaking a bit, but
> there never was a puddle on the garage floor.  So where did all the oil go?
>
>   I refilled the diff with Red Line Shock Proof, and used Teflon tape on
> both drain and fill plugs.  Thunderstorms coming through here today so a
> road test will have to wait.
>
> Paul
> Ohio
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