For your next trick...get the fluid in there....That is lots of fun as well.

 

Oh yeah. I told my wife, "I just have to put a couple bottles of gear oil in and then put in a screw. Should be about 5 minutes."

God bless my wife, she's learned what it means when I say something on the Rover will take 5 minutes.

I'm sure this will be the case. I had done the differentials the day before, and their fluid was pretty clean (looked to be royal purple in there). So someone had obviously serviced them recently (further indicated by the ease of the job and removing the plugs).

In contrast, the t/case oil looked pretty black. Obviously, that fill plug hadn't been out in awhile as well. And these owners wonder why parts go bad on them "but I serviced the truck regularly." Yeah, dummy, but you have to service everything!

 

The very best tool for removing that plug is this:-
https://www.google.com/search?q=serp...=isch&imgdii=_
It also comes in handy for doing serpentine belts which if course it was made for initially.
T/V

 

So which one is it?

 

The black box contains numerous socket adapters one of which is a 1/2' male square.
Inserted into the ratcheting bar the fixed adapter handle connects with it and gives you about three ft of lever pressure to budge even the most stubborn plug loose. Since it is very thin it will slip underneath parking brake cable and give exact right angle contact with the plug.
Magic and you can check it all in about 2 minutes flat.
T/V

 

Thanks, I was confused because the link sent you to a google image search with all kinds of different serpentine belt tools.

 

I just did this the other day and the filler plug came out with no problem, it was the drain plug that was the issue. I had to soak it in WD40 before it would even budge. I did it with a wobble extension and it worked great.

As for how to get it in, I used one of these:


with a copper tube bent to keep it in so I didnt have to bother holding it in.