Giz56 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Hi i have had to change my stub axle and wheel bearing today.... messy job.. does anyone know the best diff oil to use? Thanks Cris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Mine has got an EP90 stencil painted on the diff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Mr . Haynes says hypoid gear oil SAE 90EP 'course ....he probably says you have to dismantle the entire vehicle to put it in too :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 The military use an oil called EP220. If it's an ex-military vehicle, try to get hold of army EP220 - from memory I think the EP stands for extreme pressure - but I stand to be corrected. I smells shocking but does the job a treat. Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Mr . Haynes says hypoid gear oil SAE 90EP 'course ....he probably says you have to dismantle the entire vehicle to put it in too :-D I have had experience of Haynes Manuals. I had to replace an oil seal on my Wife's Corsa which involves taking the sump off. The manual said to tap the sump lightly with a soft faced hammer.... An hour later and resorting to using 2 large screwdrivers, a large club hammer and 2 crow bars later, the sump comes off as the old sump gasket had virtually glued the sump on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Many years ago I went on a guided tour of the Haynes museum at Sparkford with the Triumph Sports Six Club - we were doing a John O'Groats to Lands End run at the time . In the workshop they had just reassembled a Sunbeam Tiger & realised that they had forgotten to do something to the engine - can't remember what now (time dims the old memory what!) and that you can't get the heads off a Tiger after you've put the engine back in . Quite comforting to know that even the 'experts' cock it up from time to time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giz56 Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Hi Alll Thanks for the information... i have gone woth the EP90 but i think i need to do a full service on it soon... i just want it to work on my armstrong. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigeP Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 The military use an oil called EP220. If it's an ex-military vehicle, try to get hold of army EP220 - from memory I think the EP stands for extreme pressure - but I stand to be corrected. I smells shocking but does the job a treat. Markheliops Mark, EP220 is for extremely large final drive units. I don't think the LR would move with that in :-D. EP90, as has been said before is the stuff Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Sorry. Being a Muppet. Memories not what is was. :roll: EP220 for gearboxes and transfer boxes. Was it OMD 80 for stub axles? Oh hell - can't remember. 0X7 for brake fluid? Help - I'm losing it. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 EP220 is for extremely large final drive units. I don't think the LR would move with that in . EP90, as has been said before is the stuff EP90 is equivalent to OEP220! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 EP90 is equivalent to OEP220! Yes, have a look at: http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/POLcompact.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 EP90 is equivalent to OEP220! Thought I was right - memories A1 OK then. :-D Thanks for that Sirhc. Apology excepted Nige. :-D :-D :-D Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 The military use an oil called EP220. If it's an ex-military vehicle, try to get hold of army EP220 - from memory I think the EP stands for extreme pressure - but I stand to be corrected. I smells shocking but does the job a treat. Markheliops It was OEP220. And it did stand for Oil, Extreme Pressure. As UNFICYP Force Reserve Squadron Sep 76 - Mar 77 in Ferret Scout Cars, one of our outposts was a bungalow on the outskirts of Larnaca. Abandoned by its Turkish-Cypriot owners during the war, it was next door to a one-time colleague of Jacques Cousteau and just down the hill from the Austrian Contingent (AUSCON) we were in support of. With the Ferrets parked in the gravel driveway, stood on the turret roof we could see aircraft taxiing on the runway at Larnaca Airport. The people opposite owned an MGBGT V8. Registration number? EP220. What a coincidence. My lasting memory of the vehicle park in Nicosia was the smell of OEP220 in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigeP Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Thought I was right - memories A1 OK then. :-D Thanks for that Sirhc. Apology excepted Nige. :-D :-D :-D Markheliops I apologise (late as usual) :-D Should have thought that one through Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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