The fill plug on top of the pinion housing is for adding fluid to the pinion bearings only after extended storage , to insure the truck was not loaded and run under a heavy load without lubricant distributed through the bearings.
I think it is not necessary to do this and it will "overfill" the differential.......requiring you to drain some out after the initial run (after L O N G storage, rebuild; that's another subject).


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