Question about MiniTruck gear box

[fueg0]

Here of late, my minitruck p/s gear box has been leaving an oil slick that makes the Exxon Valdez look tiny, by comparison (odd since the truck has not been started in a few months).

I've been keenly watching the few minitruck p/s conversions & troubleshooting threads that have showed up recently, but none of these have touched on leaking gearboxes. I searched for leaking gear boxes, and I found a thread from 2005, but the questions posed in it were never answered definitively.

Is it worth trying to get a rebuild kit for this gearbox, or should I just go the route of replacing the gearbox with another minitruck box?

I would love to go the saginaw route, but it's not in the funds, nor do I have the equipment to complete the task.

on a side note, are the studs that bolt lockouts to the rotor the same for Warns as Aisins? Does anyone have a part number?


thanks,
--jeff

 

[bsevans]

I assume it is leaking at the output shaft. If so, then it is the same leak my gear box had. I pulled and replaced the seal in place and it has not leaked in over 5 years.

 

[fueg0]

That's just it - I can't tell WHERE it's leaking from. the entire thing is coated in power steering fluid. I see red fluid on the bottom of the bolts holding the gearbox to the bracket, and there's fluid leaking down the frame rail dripping on the floor behind the driver's door.

Here's what I see, and why I'm having a difficult time tracking down the leak.


This is the view from the bottom. Great photo, I know, but you can see the red fluid dripping from the fasteners on the bottom of the mount.


From the side. coated in fluid. it's running down the frame rail here, and dripping on the floor.


From the top. I'm not too sure about the radiator hose clamp. IMO, the only cheesy thing that the po has done (aside from not fixing the damage to the rain rail).

Last night, I spread an oil absorbent on the floor, and swept up the mess. Today, there's another puddle, and it hasn't been started. Quite frustrating.

--jeff

 

[bsevans]

I would spray a cleaner on the housing so you can see where the leak is coming from.

 

[CruiserStuff]

Clean everything up as best you can. Dry it thoroughly. The, dust the whole area with regular kitchen flour. It should show you where the leak is coming from and then can be easily hosed off......

 

[MoCoNative]

Sometimes just sitting is harder on a seal than using it. The heat from friction actually helps keep rubber soft. Sitting the rubber cracks. Also an older component with some wear can settle down on a seal, and get the opening out of round and produce a leak.

My 40 has been sitting for a while now, spontaneously sprung leaks, one on the front diff seal, just sitting.

clean it up, and look some more. May just be the seal, pretty easy to replace.