Final drive oil and plugs? mid-maintainance Q.

[CaseyJ955]

I'm getting ready for a trip that may turn out to be longish, figured I would change the final drive oil, and I ran into a couple questions.

 

1. Of the two plugs on the pumpkin the upper plug had the magnetic nub and the lower plug was just a plain ol' conventional oil drain plug. Guessing the PO got it in the wrong hole. Unless there is something strange and unique about this final drive the magnetic plug should be below, yes? The manual doesnt seem to cover this, figured I better ask before I goof something up.

 

2. Redline 75-90 API GL4 synthetic gear oil ok? no trouble with synthetics leaking or anything in these drives?

 

Thanks!

[MiCarl]

You're correct, the one with the magnet goes on the bottom.

 

No opinion on the lube.

[frankd]

I've been using synthetic in both of my Ventures for a long time. I use Mobil just because it was available.