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Gosh damn it you were right. My professor is a feminist Marxist. Thankfully she seems like a more open minded Marxist as unlikely as it sounds but we'll see. Thankfully there's a guy who fled from Venezuela, a guy who's family fled the Khmer Rouge, and a dude who went to the same high school as...

Grabbed some acetone and some 5 dollar super tech ATF. Also an HDPE spray bottle, because I couldn't find metal. Just waiting for the new bolts to come in.

That would make sense. My cousin who I bought it from kept very good care of it and and kept up on all the maintenance, but always took it to shops. I'll have to check the service records he kept to see who did it last and when.

Oh yeah forgot to add that. I forget some people manage to tow things with a TJ.

That seems like why a lot of people prefer RTV. People are used to it and it was pretty standard for a long time. That's one of the nice things about having almost no mechanical experience and not being taught anything mechanical growing up. I just have zero preference for anything, just...

Yeah that's my problem with using a pump to change diff fluid. It's easier but there's no way to inspect the internals.

I know acetone dissolves stuff like Styrofoam, but not sure about whatever plastic a spray bottle is made of...

I've heard a lot from both sides of that argument. To me a lube locker sounded optimal. Both types have their pros and cons. I have no idea what it currently is but so far it's survived quite a few rocks.

I looked into it more and its through a different program thats related to the college but still separate. And of course they just recently changed it so its only available to high school students. We have an old family friend who is the pretty high up in the ironworkers union here so I might...

At this point I probably should do the same. Maybe one day I'll learn my lesson about impulse projects. But probably not.

The manual says to use 80w90. Everything I've read says that Lubelocker is the way to go for gaskets, couldn't find any though so ended up going with Fel Pro.

The community college I'm at right now does actually have a welding school. Might have to take a few classes next semester.

That's the weird thing, it was when I was tightening it and had barely gotten it more than hand tightened when it snapped. Not too much of a struggle breaking it loose. But it definitely seems like whoever did these last overtorqued most of them but not all. Yeah I don't envy that. This bolt...

Thanks, that sounds like the way to go. That'd definitely be easier, but I'd like to replace the gasket and inspect my gears. Can't really do that through the fill plug.

Trust me, I have used ample amounts of PB blaster. I'll run by anywhere that's not NAPA tomorrow and see if there's anything stronger.

Yep. Makes me feel better that it probably wasn't me just being sloppy at least.

Thankfully it looks like enough is still sticking out that I can grab onto it with something. But first I've gotta figure how to get the diff cover off without stripping all of the bolts.

Woke up around 10 today and decided you know what I want to do on my day off? Change my diff fluid. Ya know, something easy that needed done and wouldn't take more than an hour or two. Spent the next couple hours chasing down some gaskets. Finally got everything I needed and back home around...

Was that ever a factory option? My mirror has it but I've never been able to figure out why it doesn't work.

Nevermind I see what @LONGJP2 meant.