well, my 83 front axle is giving me more problems than i hoped. smallest, most easily fixed (and most important, IMO), is that my fill plug for the diff is completely rounded, and the differential is ompletely fry of oil (it all spilled out when it rolled over in my truck bed after picking it up, the breather cap snapping off, and i didnt realize till the end of a 2-hour drive from the jersey shore to philly).

i guess my question here, is does anyone know if the Trail Gear or Marlin Crawler magnetic drain plug will fit in place of the stock fill plug?

 

yup or wabfab has em!

 

yep .. we got em 2 .. although NOT advertized .

 

thanks guys...now i just have to get the seized plug outta there...any suggestions?

 

lots of heat..lots of thrust maybe some melted candle wax or weld a nut or bar on it.. or hit the side of it with a chisel

 

Weld a nut (or short bolt... gives you more room to weld then a nut would) on the plug.