see you guys tonight, wife had a Dr. appt. rescheduled to this morning. I'll be sporting a Kia rental.
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Good to see everybody. Got home safe & all unpacked & de-stinkafied. See you guys soon
How were the trails, muddy?
Littered with broken trucks.
Who broke?
It might be easier to answer with who did not break because that list might be shorter.
All I can say is a 4 runner will pull an 40 up hill make that two hills.
Forgot to add. A not running 40. As in dead in the water.
#massive engine oil leak.
#massive engine oil leak.
Keep it bleached my friend.
Larry's motor go boom and Rob's diff go bang.
Good thing Rob got the winch working.
@LDowney do you know what happen to your engine yet?
Finally yes and no. A oil galley plug at the front of the block dislodged. Why it came out has yet to be resolved.
The nut on the harmonic balancer had been fighting me and only came loose tonight. Once I pulled the balancer (& AC pulley), I could see the open hole where the galley plug had been. Besides figuring out why; I need to find out if the plug can be replaced without pulling the engine out of the truck.
One head ache at a time ...
Glad you found the problem (hopefully) Larry. Good luck on the fix!
Hopefully it will be easy.
Is it a threaded hole? If not, can it be threaded? Sucks big time, but hopefully you caught it before any major internal damage was done.
WOW!
I don't think I have heard of that happen before. Hope it can be fix without pulling engine. Good luck.
I don't think I have heard of that happen before. Hope it can be fix without pulling engine. Good luck.
All fixed now(as of Saturday).
Here is a image with the plus missing
Here is after clean up and installing a replacement plug.
To celebrate (after trying to wash even more oil off the 40), I pulled our daily drivers out of the shop into the afternoon sun
PS Did any one wind up bringing an extra strap home? My 20 foot recovery strap was not in the gear that made it home, so I hope it caught a ride with someone else rather than being left behind.