March 02, 2021, 12:38 PM
HRKquote:Originally posted by XLT:
Has anybody mentioned helicoil yet?
Yes! and Timesert!
quote:Originally posted by rburg:
Look, this isn't a high stress situation. Most folks just glue the cover down with more silicon. They're not the only leaky place on a CJ. Its how you find your way back out of where you got yourself, just follow your own oil trail. Both diffs will still drip. We used to refer to the oil trail as "bread crumbs". You can't tighten the stupid screws down enough to stop the leaks, and they added the stress spreader under those things to try to keep them from leaking. Maybe yours got lost?
Have you tried a good cork gasket? Its what they designed the mess to make it cheaper, not more effective. The classic fix was to find an old 360 and swap it in. They used a shorter 4 cyl long valve cover screwed down with actual bolts. Those didn't leak...much.
The bottom line is that you're trying to fix something that can't be fixed permanently. Try running it without oil, that'll end the leak problem.
Nope, Jap motorcycles, but it does help to have both feet on the ground going in. It hurts less that way.quote:Originally posted by pbslinger:
or you've got the proper mindset to own one.
quote:Originally posted by rburg:Nope, Jap motorcycles, but it does help to have both feet on the ground going in. It hurts less that way.quote:Originally posted by pbslinger:
or you've got the proper mindset to own one.
quote:Originally posted by XLT:
Has anybody mentioned helicoil yet?