Hi All,
I'm not sure this is the right forum for this question but I'm hoping somebody can help me out before I screw this up any more. I swapped a 1KZ-TE into my 2001 Taco V6. I kept the automatic transmission that engine came with but I swapped the AWD transfer case for a manual, J-shift case. The problem is that the shaft from the KZ is a little longer so I had a 30mm gap between the end of the transmission and the Tcase. My solution was to cut off the end of the old AWD tcase (so the bolt holes lined up), mill it to the right thickness,
and I stuck it in between the transmission and the tail housing. It bolted up great, but somehow I didn't realize that transmission fluid gets into the tail housing
So now I'm leaking fluid since the cavities in my shim don't line up with the cavities in the tail housing
My plan is to fill the voids in the transmission side of the tail housing
so I have a couple questions. Will epoxy work? I am thinking I will pour the epoxy with my milled shim in place, that way the epoxy will also act like a gasket to keep transmission fluid from leaking. It doesn't need to be strong at all, it just needs to fill those holes and keep fluid from leaking out. Is there a type of epoxy that is best for filling a void like that? And am I missing something obvious and just going to make the problem worse?
Thanks for any help!
I'm not sure this is the right forum for this question but I'm hoping somebody can help me out before I screw this up any more. I swapped a 1KZ-TE into my 2001 Taco V6. I kept the automatic transmission that engine came with but I swapped the AWD transfer case for a manual, J-shift case. The problem is that the shaft from the KZ is a little longer so I had a 30mm gap between the end of the transmission and the Tcase. My solution was to cut off the end of the old AWD tcase (so the bolt holes lined up), mill it to the right thickness,
and I stuck it in between the transmission and the tail housing. It bolted up great, but somehow I didn't realize that transmission fluid gets into the tail housing
So now I'm leaking fluid since the cavities in my shim don't line up with the cavities in the tail housing
My plan is to fill the voids in the transmission side of the tail housing
so I have a couple questions. Will epoxy work? I am thinking I will pour the epoxy with my milled shim in place, that way the epoxy will also act like a gasket to keep transmission fluid from leaking. It doesn't need to be strong at all, it just needs to fill those holes and keep fluid from leaking out. Is there a type of epoxy that is best for filling a void like that? And am I missing something obvious and just going to make the problem worse?
Thanks for any help!