Hi everyone, I just purchased a 55 ford fairlane town sedan with a 272 and a 3 speed overdrive. The car is in good condition has about 88000 miles on it and I did drive it about 8 miles or so before I bought it. Currently my shop is in deer hunting mode and I dont have the space to get the car on my lift so I am not driving it untill I check the trans and rear end fluid levels, my memory isnt the best anymore and I am pretty sure I spoke with Mr. Eaton yesterday to be able to register  and I really appreciate the conversation with him it really helped me to format a game plan for the car. The car is leaking oil from the rear of the engine and I am pretty sure the rear main is toast and I have a gasket kit on the way and I am pretty sure it has a neopreme rear main seal " any tips on this replacement is appreciated". It also has the original oil filter and I would like to upgrade to the spin on filter, If anyone has any advice on where to get the adapter kit would be appreciated I have seen some on the net but thought Id ask you folks. I also would like to confirm that for the trans and overdrive you use 75w90 conventional gear oil and I was planning on using rotella 15w40 with about a half quart of lucas. Ive been a gear head since my youth but it has been a scruby
 experience and this is my first experience with an older ford. Thanks for reading this long post and I am looking forward to chatting with everyone. Rickey

Topping off the trans. first may speed up the fill process (though more lube likely gets wasted).  Just make sure you don’t replace that plug until the overflow has stopped completely. If you fill the OD first, it’s level might run down too low before you can fill the trans. (something the authors of the early BW manual may have overlooked?).
A confusing issue, but to simplify: If you get both ports overflowing simultaneously, and you don’t put the plugs back until the overflow stops….you likely can’t go wrong!

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