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    Posted: 27-February-2019 at 3:04PM
My 1973 Gran Torino has the 2.79 conventional 8 inch rear axle, I was wondering where the drain plug is, i’d like to change the fluid eventually.
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i drilled and tapped both of the 9"'s in my torino using a 1/8"NPT tap and a 1/8" pipe plug
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74 VETTE CUSTOM
90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED
77 CELICA CUSTOM
75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED
79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED
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74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE
74 VETTE CUSTOM
90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED
77 CELICA CUSTOM
75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED
79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED
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74 VETTE CUSTOM
90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED
77 CELICA CUSTOM
75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED
79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED
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no drain plug factory, you'd need to pull both axles out about 6" and remove the 3rd member,  wipe it out and drill and tap like in the above pics Wink
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or do the greasy tap trick As Seen On TV !
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Or, use a suction pump and empty it thru the fill hole.
Unless you got water in the diff.
If wet, pull the chunk and wipe/flush the housing, gears, bearings...
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That’s what I’ll probably do, hopefully there’s no water or moisture inside.

Edited by rudy52397 - 28-February-2019 at 12:14PM
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i'm not too sure you'll get much of a hose snaked down in there, but maybe?

it would save a lot of work. i'd just drill / tap & use a magnetic plug
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