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gimpyrobb

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Lubrication Order. I don't know for sure but, 5 gal oil, 5 gal coolant, and for trans+Tcase+axles close to 10gal gear oil. I'm sure someone will give you exact measurements soon, but this is close.
 

gimpyrobb

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Lets see if I got this right,
Crancase 22qts
Transmission(with pto) 8.5 pts
Power divider(Tcase?) 3.5 qts
Differential 6qts each
Bfs (brake fluid silicone) I'd say bring a gallon, couldn't find spec.
Radiator I couldn't find
This is just what I could find, that does not mean I am correct. Your milage may vary.
 

cranetruck

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The radiator is about 5 gallons and the engine about 3, for a total of about 8 gallons. When filling the radiator, open one of the pipe plugs near the thermostat on the engine side to vent air.
I use distilled water, glycol and 2 pints of additive... Do a search on this particular subject if you have any further questions, lots of hits....
 

FreightTrain

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All gear boxes,GL-1 Rated 90W oil.Do not use GL5 unless it is yellow metal safe.Napa has GL-1 and even cost a little less than GL5.

Engine 15W40 oil

Brakes Dot 5 silly-cone(Do not buy Dot 5.1 not the same)

Coolant.6-8 gallons of 50/50 mix water coolant.Make sure the coolant is Mack rated.Do not use "Car" stuff.Buy the big rig coolant.Plus Test strips and a couple bottles of SCA/DCA Anti-cavitation junk.
 

FreightTrain

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oh yea,You will need 2-5 gallon buckets of gear oil.....5.5gallons of 15W40,Several bottles(Think I used 4 or 5 CHA CHING!Ouch) of brake fluid(if your gonna flush it),4 gallon jugs of big rig coolant,4 gallons of distilled water and 2 bottles of DCA/SCA additive.
 

jasonjc

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Diesel coolant has/needs diferant additive than a gas eng coolant. If you do a search it is cover real well by cranetruck and how to test the additives , a must read.

Get your self a hand pump for the 5 gal buckets of grear lube. They are like $20 and well woth it. Almost a must have. You can do it with out but you will not like it.
 

FreightTrain

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Diesels cavitate due to high compression where the toy engines don't.The Cylinder walls actually bow out into the coolant jacket and snap back to normal size.when this happens a vaccumn bubble forms on teh outside and colapses.The sudden pressure change creates a shock wave and the coolant jackhammers it's way though the wall over time.Old IHC/Ford 7.3L IDI engines were BAD about this.most usually died at 100K but some have passed on after 20-30K and some less.
 

OD_Coyote

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FWIW - I have read some bad things about the new CJ-4 rated low emissions diesel motor oil related excessive wear on engines with flat tappets, so you may want to use an oil additive like ZDDP+, SFR 100 or D-SOL or see if you can find the coveted CI-4 rated oil.
 
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