front axel oil change

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BC2009

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Hey all, 1035 Massey front axel/differential oil change. What the F$%# is the easiest way to refill. Tiny fill holes in horrible spots is the only way? Thx in advance
 
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figured it out.....mistakes make you smarter....xo
 
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I've a funnel with a long snout on it and a tappering hole at the end of the snout that I use to get liquids into tough spots. Didn't make it. Got it somewhere but do not recall where.

You could Goop a hose to the end of a regular funnel and get it done that way. Just let the Goop sit overnight.
 
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I use an empty gear oil bottle (because I use UDT in my tractors front axle) with pointed spout and just squeeze it into the filler holes.
 
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Easiest way to fill it is "patience" I refilled mine with thicket gear oil and talk about sloooooow.
 
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I have a steel flex spout funnel. The flex spout is about 12" long and ends with a small tip. I take VERY GOOD care of this funnel. Never been able to find anything/anywhere exactly like it. AND I have no idea where I got it.
 
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Just remember - the engineers that design these tractors NEVER have to pull maintenance on them.
 
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Amsoil packages gear oil and trans fluid in optional "bags" that works great. So much easier to fill rear ends, front ends and transfer cases without making a mess. I think Valvoline has taken their idea as well.

2nd option is the little cheap plastic pumps that attach to a quart bottle. The work good until either the hose comes off or the suction tube.
 
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Sometimes you just have to be creative. When I was a kid I needed to fill the transmission in my 1948 Dodge I could not get to the fill point with a funnel. I ended up using one of my mom's rubber gloves from under the sink, cutting the end of a finger, filled the glove with 90Wt, put the finger in the hole and squeezed the gear lube in. :)
Adapt and overcome.
 

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