Sooooooo.... starting, running and stopping now...

[kooldadd]

Well, POOP!!

Drove around the block and noticed the oil pressure was around 10 at idle when I stopped. Looked under truck and oil everywhere. Checked the dipstick. .. no bueno!

How hard is front seal to change?

 

[mark salanco]

TM9-2320-209-34-2-1-4
Go to page 150.
It's a job, have to pull your radiator and front accessories to get to it.

 

[Jeepsinker]

Not the front seal, probably the injector pump oil feed line. Fill it with oil, wash it off, then have someone else crank it while you watch to see where it is coming from. Front seals don't just sh!t the bed all of a sudden, but oil lines do. The fan takes that oil and spreads it everywhere.

 

[kooldadd]

Previous owner had 5 gallons of oil stuffed in the storage box on driver side... looks fishy to me

 

[mark salanco]

You're probably right, I didn't think about that line. I just changed my injector pump, the oil feed line looked real good. No cracks or anything.

 

[kooldadd]

Little bit of oil looking down on harmonic balancer on the front cover. Lower is bad. Oil pan is covered and front end will never rust.

 

[mark salanco]

The joys of owning and working on a deuce.

 

[kooldadd]

I'm learning that quickly

 

[mark salanco]

The more you work on it, the more you learn and the easier it gets.

 

[Jeepsinker]

A lot of people carry 5 gal of extra oil in a deuce. Just do yourself a favor and clean it up, then fire it up and see where the leak really is first instead of doing work you don't need to do. Most multifuel engines leak a little from the front seal, but they rarely leak badly. Oil lines are a common problem though.

Just check first, it won't take that much time or effort. If you pull all that crap off and change that seal and it still pours oil, then you find out it was something else, you'll be pissed. Believe me, I know these trucks well.

 

[kooldadd]

I plan on cleaning it up first... just aggravating when you think it's good to go and........


What really sucks is, I got it tagged today.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Ha ha

 

[gimpyrobb]

Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[Jeepsinker]

That's awesome!