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That is exactly what happens. My friend is a mechanical engineer and we were trying to figure out what had happened and he looked at the massive weight (pumps) and said there is no way that plate can hold that much weight. We started looking and noticed the bracket and like most everyone else's...

I am still searching the forum for the fan hub issue. I am going to need to look at the fan tomorrow because it has stopped working. Will continue to try and find the topic.

I didn't know that was the part until you mentioned it. I have already had mine fail, I was lucky and got it replaced after a failure of the line. The engine survived but I got lucky.

3116 Engine year 1998 . Engine serial number. 7AG08024 . approx. position of the union (photo below) on the block . has yours broke. Yes, dumped 5 gallons of oil on highway. . is yours leaky presently Driving back from Texas I noticed a significant amount of smoke so I pulled off at the next...

Thank you for the input. I might have caught a break. I checked this morning and I am not so sure it is leaking again. The name of the part is a big help as well. It did look to be a big job

All is not roses, the Permetex didn't hold. It is still leaking, just not as bad as before. I might have to find a replacement part for the thing the pump mounts to or take my part to a machine shop and have it repaired. This problem has been a real kick in the pants. We did find a way to...

He asked to drive it through our neighborhood tonight. So did my 7 year old daughter. My son is 10 and he can drive a very wide variety of motorized things. Skidsteers, excavators, tractors, motorcycles, and a long list of other things. You should have seen the look on his mom's face the day she...

My 10 year old got to turn wrenches today. So far seems to have been a success. Heading to tractor supply now to get fluids.

We are back to work on the monster (AKA Sprinkles" . We are going to pull the pump and clean out the crack then put JB Weld on it.

Does anyone by chance know what the piece is called that the power steering pump and air pump are mounted to? As best I understood from earlier responses that is what this area is. The Crack runs all around that pump. I am trying to figure out if it is better to just replace the piece or JB Weld it

Good idea, thank you

Is this something that works it's way loose frequently? Would a good bit of thread locker help?

Ok I will do that this week. My buddy said the same thing about JB Weld, I wasn't sure and had a feeling others had ran into the same thing.

I have had a pretty significant amount of oil dripping from my engine since getting back to Charleston. Yesterday with the help of a friend I found a crack on the front of the engine. I attached a photo for reference. The purple arrow points towards the part. I made a red mark where the crack...

Is it ForkS Tx?

This is an old trend but did you pick up in ForkS Texas or somewhere else?

So an after action report. -217 gallons of diesel -3 nights in hotels -4 days on the road. -1,123 miles traveled -$320.00 in roadside mechanics fees -$60.00 oil line -5 gallons of engine oil -3 vehicles almost ran over -1 failed fan clutch solenoid, that I unplugged so I had the fan on the...

I am not as optimistic

He's right, I am learning all kinds of new things about mine right now, and none of this education has been free

I now have truck envy. Thank you Elijah, hopefully one day I can be of assistance to someone as well. At the rate I am going I should be a decent shade tree mechanic on LMTV's if my truck keeps breaking at the current rate. I packed it in for the night in Carrollton. Getting up early in the...