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When @elkun1 says that your "rear main seal" oil leak is probably just a valve cover gasket, don't waste a bunch of time planning and fretting about how you're going to drop your transfer case and transmission. Just replace the valve cover...

what did it end up being?

I won an awning last year! I just got home from a 25 mile test drive. I think it's fixed!

it's good, lots of bling. only problem is drew usually wins the good stuff. you figure out the oil leak or do we get to name it the exxon valdez

I thought Bozeman was full

Don't advertise that.

The Lazarus engine. I brought back an 8.8hp Tahatsu outboard engine from the dead with Sea Foam.

Facts bro.

you're already getting ready for next years 40's run, the secret is out now

Looks like the Club calendar has Whitetail Reservoir scheduled for Sept 27. I should've looked there first. But we can still do a Relic Run sometime in October.

Looking to sell my Glock G20 10mm. Comes with pistol, two magazines and a Gunfighters Inc Kenai chest holster. The Kenai is the best woods carry holster i have ever used, secure and comfortable. They retail for over $150. Also they are...

Some teasers. More coming

pb4ugo, The reason I quoted your post is that your reply to the thread said the log and strap method to hold the axle from coming out was "standard operating procedure" for Jeepers. The tone of the post suggested it was not an uncommon...

So true Wasatch Jay! A buddy of mine has always had one and they have always sucked! So now he has a new 4 door hybrid Jeep and it gets the Death Wobbles on the highway when he is turning and hits a bump in the road!?!? WTF! Jeep engineers...

Jeeps Suck! There, I said it. (Others are thinking similarly.)

that idea was discussed but we knew it wasn't going to get any easier ahead plus had a water crossing that we didn't know what the bottom was other than the water was around 3 ft deep. had to be on all 4 wheels if possible. with the further...

i hope it works, they leak out of the rear and it runs down the back so it looks like it's the rear main. frustrating is an understatement. they get warped due to leakage so people think they need to tighten them some which actually magnifies...

We've had to make that same type of contraption out of logs, when jeeps broke their weak ass dana 35 axles. I'd hand the drive or passenger a qt of gear oil to pour on the tire while I was pulling them down the trail with the 40.

Coming from the backwoods of East Texas I thought I had seen it all when it came to "Backwoods Engineering"..... but I was wrong!

we were 15-20 miles from the trailhead when he discovered the limit of his axle. broke right at the spline so we used a cutoff wheel and took out a hunk so there wouldn't be any heat build up or other issue then had to hold to tire in. def knew...

the only, and i mean only valve cover gaskets that we found would work are the blue felpro. make sure you haven't warped the covers from over tightening, use the torque spreaders or whatever they're call and tighten to specs and no more. oil...

You know that if you’d mentioned you needed grease i could have helped you out lol. Still had the grease gun in the 40 from our Wyoming trip

I'll definitely take you up on that! It's drivers side on this engine. I don't know that it's not the valve covers as well, but it's a bad enough leak that I think rear main is likely. I have gaskets for the valve covers, so maybe I just swap...

also Seth, what side of the engine is the dipstick on? if memory serves me right if on the drivers side it's usually a 2 piece pass side is usually a 1 piece. you sure it's not the valve cover leaking, sbc are notorius for that and it looks...

Seth, when you have time bring it out and we'll put er on the lift and get it ship shape again. shouldn't be to big of a job, let me know