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Old 06-09-2014, 05:13 PM   #14
Patrick L.
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Default Re: Kind of strange fluid level in tansmission

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Originally Posted by Pat Martone View Post
I will share a "strange fluid" in transmission story. On one occasion, I must have pumped too much grease into the U-joint, and later learned that some of that grease found its way into the transmission. I discovered this when I drained to change the transmission fluid and it had a red greasy color to it and it was quite thick and took a long time to drain, which I believe came from the red grease that I used to the U-joint mixing with the transmission fluid. Is this a unique problem, and is it something to worry about? I welcome comments. Thanks.





Naa, its not a unique problem. Its probably happened many times and probably has never even been known.
It may be difficult or impossible to get the grease out of the transmitter just by trying to drain it. I've removed the top and flushed it out with diesel or kerosene [whichever we had].
When greasing the u-joint just pull the speedo drive [ the 2- 1/4" bolts] and that should give you an indication when the joint housing is full.

Last edited by Patrick L.; 06-10-2014 at 08:34 AM.
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