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Back In the Saddle Again

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Yeah I think I put the plastic bushing inward towards case and oring outward towards frame. Hope I can get that out. Thats probably why the lever is so hard to shift into 4x as well. Hoping I can get a drill bit into that plastic bushing by hand to pull it out.
 
Went to give the truck an oil change. Noticed the oil pan block off plate was leaking. So decided to pull it an reseal. Could not get it to seal for the life of me. Blowing oil all over the dam place. Scratching my head I decided to flatten it and it was way out. Totally high dead center of the plate.

Well i get it flat. Slapnit on with 1 minute right stuff. Blows right through. I flatten then the pan side. No avail. So now im thinking the leak is coming from somewhere else.

This leads to me the whole rabbit hole. I find the valve covers are leaking, the oil pan is leaking etc.

Retorque the oil pan bolts… they were all loose, new valve covers on. And while i am looking at the drivers valve cover. I notice the valve covers are from a 2022. So i do some research and these valve covers have a built in PCV valve! So I was running one to manifold for no reason. Causing all these leaks. God dang.

So fix that situation, I also was dealing with this terrible dieseling at shut off, id have to kill the engine with the clutch. Well now that there wasnt so much built up pressure I was able to actually dial in the carb correctly and the idle was waaaaaaay high. Got that solved. And man, the sound and the smoothness this truck has is even more impressive than before.

This whole fiasco took me all day to get figured out. But I got it and I still didnt get the transfer-case leak solved but I am getting on that after dinner tonight.
 
Isn't it fun? Not as much as it used to be. Mine seems to snowball with no real reason. Currently strange squeaking I just found today was water pump going out with no leaks. Guess I will do that and the heater core at the same time since I had to bypass it when I started up the LS swap. And oh yeah I think the power booster is out now as well...
 
Well pulled the mode shaft on the TC off expecting to find wetness around the oring on it. Nothing. So the leak must be coming from the front output seal on the TC. Probably all the rubber going bad since it aint AZ weather around here :D Ill do that later I guess dang nabbit.
 
Hmm, wasnt long ago I rebuilt this transfercase though and I spotted a small drip coming out the rear output seal on the driveshaft. Going to check and see of the vent tube is clogged or kinked
 
Vent tube may have been kinked. I accidentally moved it before I could see it. Replaced the hose, the breather cap was busted but didnt appear clogged but it may have been too tight against the tailshaft.

Took it to the gas station and back. Checked for leaks. So far so good. Put a piece of clean cardboard under it and ill check it in 20 min or so.
 
Dry as a bone. It would have had a puddle under it by now. Pheeeew. What a weekend if maintenance.
 
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