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Easy way to replace oil pan gasket:
JT's FJ40 build
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Borrowed Radio Flyer shop dolly:
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Flywheel resurfacing (got the throwout bearing pressed off/on too):
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On a side note - after the trip to the machine shop this morning I'm ready to cash in all my chips and apply for a job there. I'd probably work there for free...some seriously cool s*** going on in there.
Do it.
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Oil pan gasket replaced using a detailed process Lash recently Georgled:
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Bell housing back on, resurfaced flywheel back in, and new clutch installed:
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Not sure if anyone's read about the 'bread trick' to remove the pilot bearing, but it sounded so far fetched I had to give it a shot. It worked...very simple, very quick, and very clean.
Big thanks to Lash for making the drive south to help out last night! It's a relief to have this part done.
As usual, big thanks to Jrob as well. Work all day, soccer all night, dinner/homework/put kids to bed, and then still make time to work on cruisers...this guy doesn't sleep!
Big thanks to Lash for making the drive south to help out last night! It's a relief to have this part done.
As usual, big thanks to Jrob as well. Work all day, soccer all night, dinner/homework/put kids to bed, and then still make time to work on cruisers...this guy doesn't sleep!
I used the grease trick before for pilot. What's the bread?
Yeah, what Nolen said.....
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Found it here...thread #30.
Basically you just pack the area behind the pilot bearing with bread instead of grease. I took a 1/2" bolt (about 4" long) and wrapped the tip with about 10 rounds of electrical tape. The 1/2" bolt is close to the size of the inside of the bearing; the electrical tape makes it tight enough to form a seal. Start packing the hole with pieces of bread. When you can't push anymore in there, put the bolt in the end of the bearing and start tapping it in. This will compress the bread and make it fill the void behind the bearing. When the bolt bottoms out start packing in more bread and repeat. The third time I started tapping the bolt in the bearing popped right out. Whole process took less than 5 minutes...took less than 1 hot dog bun.
It's the same hydraulic principle just not messy at all.
Clutchee
I'm fun sized!
Also can use wet paper towel or toilet paper...
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Yea...the technique apparently works with anything that can be crammed into the hole (others have documented using wet leaves and other stuff readily available on the trail). The WTF look from the wife when I grabbed the pack of stale hot dog buns from the cabinet on the way out last night made it all worth it.
hell yes.
orangefj45
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Uhmmmm ........ What?!
orangefj45
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Nicely done JT!
Did you loctite the oil pan bolts? And did you put any type of sealant on the bolts holding the flywheel to the crank? Those bolt holes are a live oil passage.
Georgle out.
Did you loctite the oil pan bolts? And did you put any type of sealant on the bolts holding the flywheel to the crank? Those bolt holes are a live oil passage.
Georgle out.
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Blue locktite on the bearing cap and flywheel bolts but nothing on the oil pan bolts. Crap ... Should have Georgled that I guess.
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Just take out one oil pan bolt at a time and put a dab of loctite in it. That's what I do. And it's the only way it should be done. If you loctite them before install, it'll never work. Loctite sets up pretty quickly. So when you're dealing with a setup like this, where you have a large quantity of bolts that need to be retorqued a few times, the loctite sets up and then turns to powder the next time you tighten the bolt.
So I get the pan on, go thru my torque sequence 5-7 times till the gasket starts to compress, then I remove one bolt at a time ( in torque sequence ), apply a little loctite, and re-install. Tedious and takes time, but it works.
Georgle
Ps: torque the pressure plate bolts to 21 foot pounds. No more.
So I get the pan on, go thru my torque sequence 5-7 times till the gasket starts to compress, then I remove one bolt at a time ( in torque sequence ), apply a little loctite, and re-install. Tedious and takes time, but it works.
Georgle
Ps: torque the pressure plate bolts to 21 foot pounds. No more.
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I'll go back and do it.
We torqued the pressure plate bolts to 15 lbs. I'll take them to 21 while I'm at it.
We torqued the pressure plate bolts to 15 lbs. I'll take them to 21 while I'm at it.
Bomar
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No wonder I have never gotten a pan to not leak..