how much diff fluid does my '97 Dana 35 TTB hold? i am thinking about 4 quarts, but i need to know so i can buy some for next weekend when Scott helps me change my gears....my Haynes Repair Manual says 3.5 pints.......

 

there is an autozone 3 miles from my house.. im guessin 2-3 quarts will prob do it.. if that much

 

cool! i will pick up about 7(3 for the front, 4 for the rear) quarts Friday night.......is it alright if we change the rear fluid also? when they put the gears in the rear, they used regular oil and i want to switch to full synthetic......i am going to run full synthetic in the front also.....

 

and its cheap! buy a few extra and fill it up!

 

you can always take them back...but extra

 

yea right......Quaker State 75w90 full synthetic is $8 a quart........o well i will buy a few extra...maybe 10 quarts...

 

dont forget black silcone to make the gaskets... also do you have the hub tool for the front? its a 4 prong lookin socket thingy..lol

 

check.....will have it....

 

Front is less than 2 qts.
Rear is about 2 1/2 qts.

It's in the owners manual.

 

it took 4 quarts to fill up my rear end after i put the explorer diff cover on it........


thanks for the info on the front Bob......geeze i wish i knew as much as you!

 

Mine took less than 3 with the Explorer cover.

 

hmmmmmm...............interesting!

 

Maybe your diff is tilted nose up because of the lift??

 

i would say so.....good call! never thought about that! will it hurt anything to "over" fill it because of the nose up?

 

Not sure on that but it would definitely put more lube out at the wheel bearings. More likely to leak at the axle seals there maybe?? Don't know if that's true or not. If it were WAY overfilled, I could definitely see it pushing fluid out the axle vent when conditions were just right.

Anyway, better to have the level a little too high than too low, IMO.

 

when i refilled it after the diff cover, the truck was sitting a slightly down hill(slopped driveway backed in).....i put almost 4 quarts in it that way, something like 3.75 quarts.......it didn't leak anywhere.........i will get 4 to put in it that way i know i will have enough.....if i get a little more than enough in it, then it should push it out through the vent tube....