Help me identify this part...

[kojo0513]

Received my 87 6.5 yesterday afternoon. Doing some fluid flushes today and say this rusted out hole in the part behind the oil pan. What part is that? Transmission? Am I screwed?

Sorry I'm still trying to learn how to read the TMs...



Taken from the right side of the vehicle .


Here's the engine oil..

 

[porkysplace]

Looks like the inspection cover for the flex plate and torque converter.
The TM's that end in -P are the parts TM's and have illustrations.

 

[tennmogger]

That triangular hole is probably just the drain hole for the cover and rust is minor. Nothing to worry about....unless the engine oil shown in the next picture is implied to have come out of that hole (joke) .

Bob

 

[Retiredwarhorses]

Yep...flex plate cover. To remove will require the starte and exhaust cross over pipe be removed...sometimes you can get the cross over off without dropping the starter....unless the flex plate is contacting the cover...just leave it.
And if you have never owned a diesel...the oil is soote black like that.

 

[kojo0513]

Haha phew. Thanks. Never owned a diesel. Closest I got was a 6.2 V8 Ford.

I assume this rig has been sitting around a lot for years. 13k miles. So doing a full flush.

 

[porkysplace]

Haha phew. Thanks. Never owned a diesel. Closest I got was a 6.2 V8 Ford.

I assume this rig has been sitting around a lot for years. 13k miles. So doing a full flush.

Never trust the odometer for correct mileage in a MV they swap gauges rather than repair them . The tell tale signs are wear on the rubber on the pedals.

 

[kojo0513]

Never trust the odometer for correct mileage in a MV they swap gauges rather than repair them . The tell tale signs are wear on the rubber on the pedals.

In that case.. It's really old. I have no rubber.



Also, they seemed to have removed something on the left side of that photo. There was a wire running down to it and it's been snipped. Any clue?

 

[emmado22]

But the HMMWV has a plastic gas pedal and a metal brake pedal.....

 

[emmado22]

That's what the brake pedal looks like. Never had rubber on it, ever. Your missing the dimmer switch.

 

[86humv]

Cover for the dimmer switch is on the floor in photo.

 

[kojo0513]

They've cut the power cord with the male ends to the dimmer switch. Anyone know what size (12, 14, 16 gauge) that male plug is? Thinking about picking up a couple of the male plugs and calling it a day