How do I? Oil seal
Took your advise and went back to the valve cover gasket. Took it off cleaned everything and used blue hylomar gasket seal with gasket and it seems to have done the trick.You sure it's not a leaking valve cover gasket or breather? A loose breather, can cause serious leaks. I was leaving a puddle of oil everywhere I went, until I replaced mine. Better to start with something easy, then replace a rear main seal, and find out it wasn't the problem.
Awesome news! Glad I could help. Nothing worse than giving blood sweat and tears replacing a part, only to find out it still leaks oil.Took your advise and went back to the valve cover gasket. Took it off cleaned everything and used blue hylomar gasket seal with gasket and it seems to have done the trick.![]()
I just replaced the rear main seal on my '81 with inline six. Biggest pain was the one bolt on passenger side behind the motor mount. Had to jack up engine etc to get to it and remove the pan. Clean, scrape, push out old seal and curse putting pan back up. Same way you did it, journal removed and seal pushed out. I debated on replacing that last bearing but wasn't scored. I do confess to owning a lift but it was still a pain. Now on to other leaks like T Case front seal and rear diff seal. Gotta love spots on the floorThink the rear oil seal on my inline 6 CJ5 1973 is leaking. Can the seal be swapped out with engine in frame? Have done other rear seals on a 460 and a 302 by removing oil pan and rear main journalists and feeding seal around crank. Anyone done this on a inline 6.
There's always that one bolt!I just replaced the rear main seal on my '81 with inline six. Biggest pain was the one bolt on passenger side behind the motor mount. Had to jack up engine etc to get to it and remove the pan. Clean, scrape, push out old seal and curse putting pan back up. Same way you did it, journal removed and seal pushed out. I debated on replacing that last bearing but wasn't scored. I do confess to owning a lift but it was still a pain. Now on to other leaks like T Case front seal and rear diff seal. Gotta love spots on the floor
Yesterday I received the replacement AMC20 rear diff cover and gaskets etc. Cleaned, scraped a lot and installed with all new hardware. Went to front to remove the fill plug which I had just looked at before. Torqs type bit rounded out, fused to housing. Soaked it with penetrating oil for a few hours then tried again. Grrrr. Put some heat on it and still no love. Going to soak it and let it sit for a while. Same thing I had to do with top bolt on diff cover. (Patience David Patience)I didn't post that this one has the T-14 three speed. With trashed 2-3 cluster gear in bottom of case. I debated upgrading but recalled my time in VN driving a true army jeep with 3 speed. Took a while to round up parts and rebuild the tranny. Fortunately the PO had replaced clutch and P plate which looked good. Wife says I should just watch TV all day and save money. Hah
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