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    Lmtv oil pan r&r

    Well, I was able to get the trans cooler bracket off after about 30 minutes of working on it. Actually the drivers side bolts were easier to break loose and the passenger side bolts were really torqued on. Finally broke them loose with a breaker bar and a cheater pipe on the end of the breaker...
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    Lmtv oil pan r&r

    Not really leaking. No leaks at the oil cooler. Dropping pan for several reasons. One, the truck sat for a long time and the injectors froze up and rust developed on the rocker arms and most likely inside the complete engine. Two, drained the oil for a second time, with only 1.5 hours of run...
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    Lmtv oil pan r&r

    Yeah I know what you mean about writing things up. The older I get the more I have to document what I do and that’s why I take a boat load of photographs when doing something. The top of the bracket is slotted, that’s GREAT, you can’t see that while the bracket is in place. Thank goodness I...
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    Lmtv oil pan r&r

    I bookmarked your post just in case I needed to drop the pan on my engine in the future, and now I do. Your post is the only one I could find that addresses the pan removal on a 3126 Cat engine. I've seen several post and videos about the 3116 engine but there is enough of a difference between...
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