Weird smell in Rear Wheel Wells??!!!

[Trapper50cal]

mine either

I have the same issue ('88 FJ62) brakes certainly not hot to the touch. Does seem to be worse (more smell) after longer periods of driving though.


I stuck my finger through a hole in the wheel and touched the drum and it didn't seem hot either.

 

[REKCUT]

Cat converters can get a strange smell when they start to plug up and go bad.

 

[Ducks]

Cat converters can get a strange smell when they start to plug up and go bad.

That is what I was thinking it was. The smell would get worse as the cat warmed up to operating temp.

 

[REKCUT]

Any news? always curious when a problem hits more than one truck with no answer

 

[Trapper50cal]

Nope

No but I haven't put it up on jacks yet.

(Thanks for the btt)

 

[SLOwag]

I had this problem intermitently but it went away without me solving it after a complete exhaust replacement, including the cat.

This has been discussed in 80's tech also....

See Post #12
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/87167-funky-smell-help.html

 

[Trapper50cal]

hmm

I had this problem intermitently but it went away without me solving it after a complete exhaust replacement, including the cat.

This has been discussed in 80's tech also....

See Post #12
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/87167-funky-smell-help.html

iinnntttteeerrreeessstttiiinnngggg

 

[Bucky'sRig]

I also feel obligated to report...I hate reading all the good suggestions to a problem and then no resolution. I'm reporting no resolution Other threads I've read point to "gunk" from the road; de-icing products and such; splashing up on the exhaust system and causing this smell. I'm tempted to believe this just because it's easy and doesn't require fixing anything. The other ideas were axle issues? (seems like I read it, but I can't find the reference right now). This might actually require me to pull my pristine FSM out and do some actual mechanikin'. Thanks all for the thinking.

 

[markthemenace]

I feel compelled to resurrect this old thread as I was having a similar smell to my cruiser. First noticed it on the trip to Kelowna when we stopped for eats at Princeton. I thought nothing of it as I remember spilling some oil on the engine during the oil change and thought it was just oil burning off.

Well, I also felt the brake weirdness. And from the feel of it, it was the rear brakes. So yesterday, put the cruiser on jack stands, and took off the rear drums. PO and behold if it wasn't covered in oil! No wonder that wheel was seized! Cleaned it up good with LOTS of brake cleaning solvent and it spins good now.

I checked the fluid level and when I opened the fill plug there was a whoosh of air! From my searches, I knew that this meant the breather was plugged. Heck, I didn't know at the time that there was even such a thing as a breather thanks to the search button, I now know that the weird length of crud-covered hose on the short side of the axle is a breather and it needs to be clean.

I'm going to be spending lots of time under my Cruiser...

 

[RunTrout]

my new shocks came with rubber boots. I have the same smell, but only on the exhaust side. I have deduced that the rubber boot is close enough to the exhaust to slowly start baking. Discoloration/toasted look of the boot confirmed this in my case.

 

[ftbshop]

On our 80 series, there was actually an exhaust leak, which was melting the sheathing on the wiring harness for the rear locker. Replaced the harness and tightened the bolts on the exhaust and now all is well.

It could be something similar on your 60 series with a different harness.