Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Well,... its been quite an experience:-laf. I finally got around to fixing my leaking rear main a couple of weekends ago. It was leaking so bad that I didn't drive the truck much. So I rolled up my sleeves, bought a Freight Harbor transmission jack and "got 'er done", so to speak.
It took a come-a-long and a slide hammer to get the flywheel off. Challenging to say the least. Since I had it apart I decided to have the flywheel machined for the ball bearing style pilot bearing from Quad4x4 instead of the OEM roller bearing. Of course, it was time to invest in a new clutch set up, since I was in there. It was one huge challenge to stick the transmission. It didn't seem to want to go through the new bearing. Finally, gave up and very slowly used the bolts to stick it home whilst periodically turning the transmission output shaft to see if I was destroying the new bearing. YEEESSHHH.
Got her all back together and drove her to Alpine for church as a test run. Good to be back in a real vehicle
. So, on Monday I crawled back under to hook up the transfer case vent hose that I couldn't figure out where the far end was suppose to go... . thanks fellow TDRs. Lo and behold! The rear main oil leak was just as bad as when I started#@$%! I could have almost cried... . but decided a good cussing befitted the occasion instead.
Fortunately, I decided to do some searching on the TDR before taking the truck apart again. There was a couple of mentions about rocker cans 5 & 6 leaking and appearing to be the rear main. Hmmm... didn't I just do the valve lash about 1K ago..... DOOOAH!!! So I redid 4, 5, & 6 and re-torqued all of them. Guess what... . no more leak. Do you have any idea how much time, money, and perfectly wasted cuss words went into this project? Bottomline, the only reason I'm hanging this out there to remove any doubt about just how dumb this dog is... . and to save somebody else the ignominy of a like experience.
A fellow could easily lose his salvation bluing the air with in-appropriate language. Sigh... . guess thats why I need a savior, neh? Chapter 2 to follow.
It took a come-a-long and a slide hammer to get the flywheel off. Challenging to say the least. Since I had it apart I decided to have the flywheel machined for the ball bearing style pilot bearing from Quad4x4 instead of the OEM roller bearing. Of course, it was time to invest in a new clutch set up, since I was in there. It was one huge challenge to stick the transmission. It didn't seem to want to go through the new bearing. Finally, gave up and very slowly used the bolts to stick it home whilst periodically turning the transmission output shaft to see if I was destroying the new bearing. YEEESSHHH.
Got her all back together and drove her to Alpine for church as a test run. Good to be back in a real vehicle
. So, on Monday I crawled back under to hook up the transfer case vent hose that I couldn't figure out where the far end was suppose to go... . thanks fellow TDRs. Lo and behold! The rear main oil leak was just as bad as when I started#@$%! I could have almost cried... . but decided a good cussing befitted the occasion instead. Fortunately, I decided to do some searching on the TDR before taking the truck apart again. There was a couple of mentions about rocker cans 5 & 6 leaking and appearing to be the rear main. Hmmm... didn't I just do the valve lash about 1K ago..... DOOOAH!!! So I redid 4, 5, & 6 and re-torqued all of them. Guess what... . no more leak. Do you have any idea how much time, money, and perfectly wasted cuss words went into this project? Bottomline, the only reason I'm hanging this out there to remove any doubt about just how dumb this dog is... . and to save somebody else the ignominy of a like experience.
A fellow could easily lose his salvation bluing the air with in-appropriate language. Sigh... . guess thats why I need a savior, neh? Chapter 2 to follow.
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I notice I still had my winter front (piece of hard plastic) inserted in front of the radiator. 
