Final drive oilchange

Hi All, After getting the oil for the rear diff and reading a thread on this site stating that there was no drain plug i'd since given up the idea of doing it however I decided to have a go by syphoning the oil out, and I'm glad to report it worked. Using a suitable lenth of pipe slowly but surely after 40 mins. I managed to get about 80% of the old oil out. I have just had the drive shaft oil seal replaced in a garage but they had not topped up the oil so it was just aswell I checked, I know it's not a 100% oil change but better than none at all. The IRD is next on the list

When doing the IRD make sure you can undo the filler first, before removing the drain. Many have had problems with the filler, only to realise after draining the oil.

** Amendment to last post** :doh:

The Oil capacity for the final drive is 0.83 Ltr. so the 20% remaining out of the 1 Ltr. bottle means with this method is near enough a full oil change.

hi yes it is advisable to make sure the filler plug comes undone i did not and the end of the filler plug rounded in the end i welded a half inch drive to it (lucky the plug was metal and not alloy) then put a big bar on the end, lucky we have two freelanders as I had to use the wifes because I had to order the new filler plug