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That'll be one much photographed undercarriage should you end up on your side, cucvrus.

I'm not going to worry about the additive. That's after having run without it in all the clutch type diffs over the years with no problems, front and rear, and no ill effects that I know of.

Haven't had to look into what makes the fuel shut-off tick, either, but if it's stuck in "off" for some reason...

Good. Now all you need to do is to spend some quality time checking those fuel lines and connections, again. By the way, if hitting the starter button with your right hand, you can spray the ether into the snorkel intake with your left hand. With a little practice you can keep it running fairly...

Nick, I've done those same things, with the same result, a few times now. What I haven't done is replace the injector pumps. So far it's been air leaks and dirt that kept the engines from starting, or running right. I'm not saying that your pump is good, but rather that there's a very good...

I have spent my fair share of time there. Just wish my brain cell could retain more of all the good info.

That wouldn't bother the local LTL shipping company. They'd simply fold that rod in half to make it fit. Unfortunately, here UPS has started handling freight in a similar fashion. Had to spend quality time with the hammer and dolly to make a bolt assortment bin usable last week.

At that price it's definitely in the not-worth-making-your-own category.

Materials change, and lubricants change. Still, while I enjoy learning from this discussion I can't help but wonder if gear oil is called gear oil and automatic transmission fluid is called ATF for a reason. It does seem to imply that those fluids are made for different purposes. And then there...

My advice is more of a question: Do you need to, or are you doing it without knowing if you need to?

My Mac from 1980 has both lb.ft. and Nm scales, and I think even my cheapy HF ones do.

Dang! I should've bought that fuel bowser and headed your way. Then again, it sold for so much that it would've taken many, many trips to make it pay for itself.

Sure, you can look at a new distributor (they can be pretty), but all you would need is new springs for what you have, if it's in good shape otherwise.

That makes sense, Ken. Thanks for the info. Lifting it would be borderline for my crane, and I have no plans to do it anyway. But since plans are made to be changed, if it got lifted it would be by wheel nets, not the shackles.

Well, since ATF was invented long ago, I suppose that it wasn't developed enough to be used in early transfer cases. Or nobody had thought of using it in such applications yet. Or its use was based on mileage gains. Or all of the above.

Gotta read that later, scottladdy, but for now I'm wondering if it was feasible to run an automatic on gear oil, would they? I suspect that the hydraulic functions got first choice and the gears got to live with ATF as a result.

Look at it as insurance, a helmet, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, or a seat belt. Neither one is worth much...until you need it.

I'll never forget the surprise when checking the fluid levels in my new '91 V3500 after driving it home. I had not expected to see ATF in there. Sure enough, that's what the manual called for. I put gear oil in there, like in every gear driven transfer case I'd ever owned, suspecting that it was...

If you're looking for one, there's a listing for a used one on the big auction site that starts with an e. Don't use the word "torque" in your search and you should find it easily.

In a 205?