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Drain plug for front TTB axle

From 1986 Ford Bronco “Eddie Bauer” — documented by Sixlitre.

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1986 Ford Bronco - Bottom of the TTB is just beggin' for a drain. It's almost as if the engineers meant to put one here and the beancounters said no. 1986 Ford Bronco - Most of the tools I needed to do the deed. 1986 Ford Bronco - I used this 1/4" NPT-18 plumbing tap I got from Home Depot for $7.00 CDN, the plug is $1.35 CDN and with over a 7/16" hole, the axle emptie… 1986 Ford Bronco - Make sure you've got the truck high enough to allow the drill with the largest bit to fit. 1986 Ford Bronco - You know all your seals are good when you remove your fill plug and it's starts to drain faster. Check out that fairly clean Mopar syntheti… 1986 Ford Bronco - My tap handle wasn't big enough so a 12 point 1/2" socket did the job nicely. 1986 Ford Bronco - A Q-tip with grease helps grab any of the filings your drill bit (with grease in it's flutes) missed. 1986 Ford Bronco - Hose the whole thing out with some brake cleaner. I even put the new plug in and soaked it for a while before draining one last time. 1986 Ford Bronco - No the Bronco didn't go into shock with the Mopar transfusion. It loves fully synthetic and the mopar stuff is 1/4 the cost. 1986 Ford Bronco - New plug coated in anti-seize, bolted in and leakfree.