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    What is this on the driver's side rear axle?

    What is this thing on the rear axle? It's on the driver's side of the pumpkin.

    I never noticed it before but today I was down there and can't figure out what its for.

    There's a stain of gear oil or something on the axle right below whatever this thing is. Maybe it's vent of some sort? I don't know. I tried prying it out thinking maybe it's a zerk fitting. That didn't
    happen.....

    Thanks!


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    '78 LTD | '87 Grand Marquis | '89 Crown Vic (RIP) | '91 Grand Marquis (RIP) | '94 Town Car (RIP) | '97 Town Car (RIP)
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    #2
    Probably a vent

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      #3
      I had no idea what it was, but I looked up axle vents just for kicks and found the following eBay listing:

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-1979-80-...b5c8d3&vxp=mtr
      (The item number is 191104403667.)

      It looks like the sort of thing I wouldn't bother messing around with unless I really needed to.

      2000 Grand Marquis LS HPP, a hand-me-down in 2008 with 128,000 km; 175,000 km as of July 2014
      mods: air filter box 'tuba', headlight relay harness, J-mod (around 186,350 km), 70mm throttle body, KYB Gas-A-Just shocks, aluminum driveshaft, ARA3 PCM

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        #4
        Axle vent. Little seepage around it is normal.
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          #5
          Keep it clean, lithdoc's 89 had some gunk built up around it that looked like it was keeping the cap slightly open enough to allow more than just the little normal seepage. I cleand around it but haven't seen the car since then.
          Vic

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            #6
            mine has a hose on it still (U shaped to help prevent water getting in).

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              #7
              Ah okay. Cool. Thanks guys. So it is a vent. I'll just leave the thing along then.

              '78 LTD | '87 Grand Marquis | '89 Crown Vic (RIP) | '91 Grand Marquis (RIP) | '94 Town Car (RIP) | '97 Town Car (RIP)

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                #8
                looks like a ghost to me
                Give a man a fish and he will be fed for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will promptly forget that he once did not know, and proceed to call anyone who asks, a n00b and flame them on the boards for being stupid.

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                  #9
                  Lmao!

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