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Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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Diff Oil
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Mon, 19 April 2004 06:18
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What oil do you put in a diff? I just emptied out an ra23 diff and I need to know what to replace it with.
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Mon, 19 April 2004 07:42
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what sort of a workload does it see?
standard engine?
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Location:
Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Mon, 19 April 2004 12:43
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It's got a 1g-gte single turbo (600hp) conversion in front of it. So yes, it's getting considerably more violent use than normal.
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MACKAY
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Mon, 19 April 2004 12:52
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If it's the standard RA diff no oil will be good enough to save it from a terrible death but to help it survive a little longer go for a 140 grade oil .
Trevor
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Mon, 19 April 2004 15:06
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yep, the 90w140 (or whatever it is) would be the only way to go.
mind you, an aftermarket centre is the *only* way you're going to support 600bhp for more than a few days/minutes
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South Australia
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August 2003
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 00:10
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I just replaced the diff center in my RA28 after an incident. How much diff oil do they take? It's just the standard T-series diff.
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 00:34
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| draven wrote on Tue, 20 April 2004 01:06 |
mind you, an aftermarket centre is the *only* way you're going to support 600bhp for more than a few days/minutes
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An aftermarket centre will be a huge waste of money - it will still snap like a twig! T series diffs are just too small.
Time for a diff conversion. 
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 01:59
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agreed...
t series is for sprinter people to put their faith in... not big tough 1g people.
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Location:
c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 02:23
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| stradlater wrote on Mon, 19 April 2004 22:43 |
It's got a 1g-gte single turbo (600hp) conversion in front of it. So yes, it's getting considerably more violent use than normal.
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farken awesome, 600hp from a 1g, nice work man!! 
and yeah ditch that T series.
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 03:02
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Wait a minute, is it a 600hp turbo or a 600hp engine? If the latter I agree, very impressive.
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 03:03
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600HP turbo if I do recall.
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 03:33
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So what power is it putting down
and if it had 600hp it would definatly be smashing t series diffs...
hell a gen 3 wound up to 15psi smashes em constantly..
basically a gen3 running stock will be runnable on a t series, but you will have to change them every once in a while.
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South Australia
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August 2003
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 05:01
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| benen wrote on Thu, 23 September 2004 09:40 |
I just replaced the diff center in my RA28 after an incident. How much diff oil do they take? It's just the standard T-series diff.
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Anyone?
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 05:40
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fill it till it cant take anymore.
depends really on how much oil you get out of the axles etc.
I once heard of someone jacking up one side and draining it completely.
but I used to just buy two bottles of the stuff and get asmuch as i could get in.. mind you alot of it ended up on me 
so buy a proper oil pump or find a bottle with a good nozzle
I found one brand that had a good nozzle and the right shape to be able to fill up easily in the end and just kept it and filled up the bottle over and over..
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NSW, East Coast
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July 2003
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 10:26
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AE86 s- series use 1.5 ltrs, I can only assume the t-series will use similar amounts.
But as stated before, buy 2ltrs and fill till it spills, or if your after the exact amount refer to a owners manual
Cheers
Steve
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Montrose, VIC
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Thu, 23 September 2004 12:38
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Penrite 75/140, 1.something litres. However, as said, forget the T diff, time for a change!
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Location:
Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Fri, 24 September 2004 01:13
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No no, it's a 600hp turbo, not a 600hp motor. I've yet to find out how much power the engine is putting out, I'm going to rip the engine out ot put a new one in this weekend, so I'll eb re-tuning it soon after I put the new motor in. THen I'll tell you how much power it's putting out.
As for diff oil, to drain my diff I just take the drain plug out and let it all come out
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to refill
I just put one axle in, and then jack the other side of the car right up and the other right down and then just pour about 2 litres of diff oil in the side axle that is up in the air. No probs at all.
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South Australia
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August 2003
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Re: Diff Oil
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Fri, 24 September 2004 01:25
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i cant find any replacements for my t-series. i went looking for a g-series from a hilux but no luck. I've looked around on the forum for info on other diff's that will fit but i could only find out about the hilux ones. I assumed 2 litres would be enough so thats what i bought. There is not drop of oil in mine because i took out the entire diff (car is at a mates house) and lugged it back to my house.
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Location:
Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Fri, 24 September 2004 02:08
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Trust me. As soon as you weld the t series diff up, you'll break it.
However, that said, when you have the t series open wheeling, it seems to last alright, I bashed the hell out of mine in open wheeler mode and it lasted nicely.
ANd yeah, 2 litres will do fine.
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Location:
Montrose, VIC
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Fri, 24 September 2004 09:17
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No need to get messy putting oil in through the axle hole though, why not use the filler plug? 
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Location:
South Australia
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August 2003
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Re: Diff Oil
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Mon, 27 September 2004 00:26
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who said anything about filling it up through the axle hole?
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Mon, 27 September 2004 01:00
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| stradlater wrote on Fri, 24 September 2004 09:13 |
I just put one axle in, and then jack the other side of the car right up and the other right down and then just pour about 2 litres of diff oil in the side axle that is up in the air. No probs at all.
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He did
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Location:
Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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May 2002
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Re: Diff Oil
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Mon, 27 September 2004 01:12
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Yep, I did. and the reason I put it in through the axle is because I usually have the axle out when I have to change the diff oil, because I usually break axles in there.
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the filler hole is so damn hard to get to when the diff is in the car
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I supported Toymods
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Sydney
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April 2004
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Re: Diff Oil
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Mon, 27 September 2004 04:42
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If your selling the car, use mince  . Makes things really quite for the first 500k's.
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