Diff plugs

[Jay Kempf]

Hi guys,

Fortunately the car is exactly at the right height for a standing 
plumbers torch on the floor to go right into the lower plugs. Heated 
them a lot and soaked and heated, repeat... No dice. Tried beating 
inward on the 17mm allen key I have to loosen the corrosion, no dice. 
Tried all this for many cycles for days with breaker bar and am not 
willing to strip the plugs yet. So I am looking at removing the diff to 
get the thing up on the bench where I can use some other solutions. The 
main problem is the plug in the axle flange, the fill, which was 
partially stripped even before I started. Would like to be able to put 
an entire clean rear end assembly and so I am looking at removing the 
forward and rear crossmembers in that area. But all that stuff is 
corroded too. The rest of the car not bad at all. I have naval jelly and 
other penetrating compounds to try yet but if I go there I will go after 
removing all of the rear suspension to make it all right.

Thanks for the help.

Regards,

jfk

802 272 5868
jkempf at madriver.com