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Colonel · 02-04-2025, 05:29 PM

Is there a better method for loading oil into the differential without trying to squeeze a bottle of 600w oil into a fill hole that's almost horizontal?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Keith True · 02-04-2025, 05:36 PM

Sure,stick a piece of fuel hose on the squirter end,stick it in the hole,hold the bottle vertical,and squeeze it.

Sunny the Model A · 02-04-2025, 05:42 PM

Suction gun is an easy way. Get yourself one from harbor freight. unscrew the guns lid and fill it up, shove the hose into the fill port and push on the plunger. That's how i do it

1crosscut · 02-04-2025, 07:01 PM

I found that if you cut the tip on the squeeze bottle pretty short so the opening is large it doesn't take a whole lot of time and effort to get it in.
You could warm the oil in a pan of boiling water to make it flow easier.

nkaminar · 02-04-2025, 07:24 PM

Little hand pumps and electric pumps are used to fill the fuel tanks of model airplanes. I wonder if one of those would work. There are big sized pumps for larger airplanes.

JayJay · 02-04-2025, 10:23 PM

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I do like crosscut stated: cut the top of the squeeze bottle short and it flows pretty easy.

Charlie Stephens · 02-05-2025, 12:17 AM

How about a turkey baster from the 99cent store?

Charlie Stephens

Big hammer · 02-05-2025, 09:39 AM

55 years ago I found my rearend was low of fluid, got some black thick 600w in a quart metal can. It was in the fall a cool, how do I get it in there, found a long hose a funnel and warmed the can on the boiler. Stuck one end in the diff, ran the hose up to the spare tire added the funnel. Poured the warmed black 600w into the funnel and then waited for ever for it to flow down into the differential. Dumb teenager had more time than money LOL

02-04-2025, 05:29 PM	#1
Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 257	Oil Addition to Differential Is there a better method for loading oil into the differential without trying to squeeze a bottle of 600w oil into a fill hole that's almost horizontal? Thanks in advance for your comments.

02-04-2025, 05:36 PM	#2
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,422	Re: Oil Addition to Differential Sure,stick a piece of fuel hose on the squirter end,stick it in the hole,hold the bottle vertical,and squeeze it.

02-04-2025, 05:42 PM	#3
Sunny the Model A Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Charleston SC Posts: 309	Re: Oil Addition to Differential Suction gun is an easy way. Get yourself one from harbor freight. unscrew the guns lid and fill it up, shove the hose into the fill port and push on the plunger. That's how i do it __________________ "Ain't but three thangs in this world worth a solitary dime, but A Models, Sweet Tea, and Macaroni Pie!"

02-04-2025, 07:01 PM	#4
1crosscut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 2,011	Re: Oil Addition to Differential I found that if you cut the tip on the squeeze bottle pretty short so the opening is large it doesn't take a whole lot of time and effort to get it in. You could warm the oil in a pan of boiling water to make it flow easier. __________________ Dave / Lincoln Nebraska

02-04-2025, 07:24 PM	#5
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,857	Re: Oil Addition to Differential Little hand pumps and electric pumps are used to fill the fuel tanks of model airplanes. I wonder if one of those would work. There are big sized pumps for larger airplanes. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

02-04-2025, 10:23 PM	#6
JayJay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 2,104	Re: Oil Addition to Differential Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I do like crosscut stated: cut the top of the squeeze bottle short and it flows pretty easy. __________________ JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan It isn't a defect, it's a feature!

02-05-2025, 12:17 AM	#7
Charlie Stephens Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,305	Re: Oil Addition to Differential How about a turkey baster from the 99cent store? Charlie Stephens

02-05-2025, 09:39 AM	#8
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,430	Re: Oil Addition to Differential 55 years ago I found my rearend was low of fluid, got some black thick 600w in a quart metal can. It was in the fall a cool, how do I get it in there, found a long hose a funnel and warmed the can on the boiler. Stuck one end in the diff, ran the hose up to the spare tire added the funnel. Poured the warmed black 600w into the funnel and then waited for ever for it to flow down into the differential. Dumb teenager had more time than money LOL __________________ Don't force it with a little hammer tap, tap, tap get a bigger hammer tap done