As a result of spending to much time on Facebook Marketplace I'm now the proud owner of a rusty/previously wrecked Chevy tracker. Plus's are clean title, runs and drives way better than you'd expect and its a real 4wd with hi/low range, and it was $1400. This will end up being a woods buggy mostly to drive around property but may run into town from time to time. It has the 2.5 V6 and is surprisingly quick. Body cladding covers it in this picture, but its a Michigan/Ohio vehicle and rockers are pretty much gone, but frame/floors are fine from what I can tell. I've already changed the oil/filter and done a drain/fill on the transmission (its an automatic with a drain plug). Next is the diffs and the transfer case. It spec's GL-5 80w-90 for front rear diff and GL-4 75w-90 for the transfer case. My question is would just using GL-5 80w-90 in the t-case as well hurt anything? I was looking at super tech 80w-90 and its says its fine for bronze/copper and for refill on manual transmissions..
Other big projects are torn front CV axle boots (I'm thinking about just waiting until they make noise, quiet for now) and the A/C compressor is locked up and that shares a belt with the PS pump, so I'm going to end up fixing A/C mainly so I can get my power steering back on line.
Anyone know anything else to look out for on these? This one has 170k on it.
Other big projects are torn front CV axle boots (I'm thinking about just waiting until they make noise, quiet for now) and the A/C compressor is locked up and that shares a belt with the PS pump, so I'm going to end up fixing A/C mainly so I can get my power steering back on line.
Anyone know anything else to look out for on these? This one has 170k on it.