While I'm waiting for the converter to cure, ready to paint tomorrow, I did a couple things.
First I deleted the factory fuel filter. In my truck configuration it's almost impossible to reach without having the bed off, so at some point the PO added one in the engine compartment but left the original in place. It was still letting gas through, but this is what came out of it:
Then I changed the rear differential oil. My driveway is not completely leveled (maybe 5 degrees off) so I raised the back just a little to compensate. The service manual says that the differential's oil capacity is 1.3 liters, so close to 44 ounces. What drained out was around 57 ounces, and what went in was around 59 oz (filled it up to the edge of the fill hole).
It seems that it was overfilled to begin with (unless the manual is wrong), and that I managed to get an extra 2 oz over that when I refilled it. It's possible that I overcompensated when leveling the truck and the fill hole ended up higher than it should.
Is this something to be concerned about? It seemed to be doing fine with an extra 13 oz over the recommended amount, but now I'm 15 over.
One more thing to add, when draining the oil I lifted the driver side of the rear axle a bit, to get every little drop out of there from the drain hole on the passenger side of the differential. Is it possible that I got out more oil than would normally be extracted when doing an oil change and that's why I needed more to fill it up? That would explain the extra 2 oz, but not the other 13...
i can get it to level surface and open up the fill hole to let out any excess, but I thinking it won't be much, maybe the 2 oz, bit not the full 15.
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