Anybody here know anything about a good fluid for my differential on my 88 Volvo with 200K miles? The thing is round-toothed and noisy, but I'm not going to make a repair that costs more than the car is worth. I have used Trans-X on transmissions, and find it to be miraculous (for a while, that is).
Is there something similar, to cheat on the differential (for a while, that is), make it work a little tighter? Appreciate.
By the way, that old saw (pun intended) about sawdust quieting and tightening a bad transmission is true--it works, an old mechanic told me. For just a little while, till the gears grind up the sawdust and make a wood-oil sludge. It works just long enough to unload the car....
Hey, any of you guys wanna buy an '88 Volvo? It's a real runner.....
Damn, I wanted to put that on another thread. Doh!
I watched an Andy Griffith Show a couple nights ago - and the "Old Lady Crook Car Dealer" put sawdust mixed with oil in the transmission to make it run smooth for a while. Maybe it would work in your differential .... of course Barney got screwed in the car deal, but that's what made the show funny.
"Is there something similar, to cheat on the differential (for a while, that is), make it work a little tighter? Appreciate."
A couple of bananas, mashed up, and put in the differential will do it, according to my dad, who used to work for his dad, who had a used car lot. The mechanic who finally has to fix it will be looking for your a$$ after he opens it up, though. I'd wanna leave town after selling it, was I you.
Nah, my '87 740 turbo wagon just got a new fuel pump. It has a little over 250k. No other KNOWN challenges.
I bought a 2004 XC90 last spring., kept it for about three months, and sold it. I already own a 4wd Exploder, and it goes for the same money, more comfartably.
I drive the wagon on trips out west, for fuel mileage, but around here drive a Towncar, for me and Spot!
I'm heading for Wally World for some acetone...
