How do you change the difflock fluid?

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draxey
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Just done my brake fluid which was quite easy, how do you change the difflock fluid? I have got an easi-bleed thingy just need to know whether you are supposed to pump the fluid through using the switches or from underneath the car? and which one to do first front or back? Thanks

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Re: How do you change the difflock fluid?

It is the same as any brakes.. you just have to use the levers instead of the pedal. With a speed bleeder you are either going to try and pressurise the reservoir which will not work unless you put clips on the pipe work; all the low pressure pipes are just push in so pressure would push them off.. or I guess you could push pressure/fluid back up from the slave bleed nipple. TBH it is very easy to bleed as there is a good fluid head (reservior high above slaves) and it pretty much all flows down hill.. so pulling levers is the easy option.

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Re: How do you change the difflock fluid?

On a 463 it is different to a 460.
Just use the easibleed kit on the reservoir like brakes. Release the nipple and off you go. Do the rear first. Easy on the pressure 15psi is probably enough

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Re: How do you change the difflock fluid?

Roly wrote:
On a 463 it is different to a 460.
Just use the easibleed kit on the reservoir like brakes. Release the nipple and off you go. Do the rear first. Easy on the pressure 15psi is probably enough

Agreed. I did both clutch and diff locks a couple of weeks back using Easibleed and it was a swift and trouble-free experience. But MB recommends 2 bar (30 psi) pressure, which is what I used...

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Re: How do you change the difflock fluid?

Thanks guys I will do the job later on tonight, the easi-bleed I have got is not the one you screw on the reservoir just a cheap non return valve one so I take from that just operating the switches (463) on the dashboard will do the trick 8) Cheers

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Re: How do you change the difflock fluid?

You don't even need to operate the switches. The Eezibleed that I have got is pretty simple: one end to the spare tyre with 2 bar pressure, bottle 3/4 full of clean DOT4+ and other end screwed at the fluid reservoir that you have almost completely vacated of old fluid using a syringe. Just crawl undeneath your G and bleed the rear diff lock first and then the front one. No engine on, no switches, no bull...

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Re: How do you change the difflock fluid?

Thanks Jesus I will use your system I think, sounds more reliable than messing about with the engine running and difflocks actuating etc Cheers Alex