Drahcir495

Current: 1989 LB 4wd 4.0L Manual Pioneer Past: 1989 LB 2wd 4.0L Auto don't know

What do you have against Richard's :waving: ? I vote to keep the kid around.

Yeah, you are bit south of me. :cheers:

How far south? I'm in the Tampa Bay area.

Well done CW ~ that looks great.. I could save a few bucks if you had done this sooner :brows:

Got mine in Wednesday :D . I can't wait to get them in. :cheers:

I see it - how did you do that? :yes: Stupid question; has the bed some how shifted?

:agree: Super nice color on your truck. That thing is pretty :drool:

I think that is why it was broken down. Abused - or well loved.

What would be even funnier is that the owner doesn't know what it means. :yes: Some one has had to have told him by now :rotfl2:

:cheers: Thank you.

Not saying it isn't funny, just wondering how they got it through? Hmmm, maybe there is something wrong with me for knowing the meaning :oops: .

Hit a milestone in the Comanche yesterday - 200k

I figured out how to get the pictures off my phone today :dunce: . Saw this guy on the Suncoast Parkway a few months back - yes, that was my last magnet on the door.

I saw this plate and could not believe that the DMV let it slide :hmm:

Wow - that is going to look great :bowdown:

Devin, You are definitely in the right place :thumbsup:. Welcome to the club :cheers: . Be sure to post up plenty of picture of your progress ~ we eat it up here. - Rich

Thank you - it was a bear. Good idea on loosening the caps, but I am certain mine was not going to drop out. That M715 is in awesome condition. Very cool truck. :cheers:

I knew after a guy on the interstate pulled up along side of me honking his horn, with a hand written note saying “Water vapor or Smoke,” that I had to address my 1.5 quart a week habit. I headed down to the shop early Saturday morning to finally (hopefully) cure my massive oil leak. Any time I would stop, you could watch the oil pour out between the engine and bell housing. I read some where that the O-ring in the oil filter mount could go bad causing leaks -> http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/Eng ... -Rings.htm, so I took mine apart to give it a try. I disassembled the oil filter mount -> ~ you can see that the original O-rings are flat and petrified. I headed down to Napa and picked up the larger oil adapter O-ring; Felpro Part # 70301 -> . Napa did not have the other O-ring in the system, but they had a box full of them and we found the right size. I forgot about the middle O-ring but mine look fine so I re-used it. Well got it back together and it still leaked like a sieve. I figured it could be that I did not put the valve cover gasket on correctly when I up graded to the newer style with the full baffles verses the tower on the original cover. Re did the valve cover and gasket and still had the same embarrassing amount of leakage. I have been gathering the parts from Napa until I was ready to tackle the project. I picked up RMS Felpro part#40612 -> , and a new one piece oil pan gasket Felpro part#34308R -> . I did a search on Google to look up what was involve in replacing the seal and found this http://www.jeepin.com/features/rearmain/ to help get an idea of what to expect and headed over to the shop to move some of the vehicles to get my truck in and to start the straight forward sounding job I was nothing like I expected. The whole undercarriage was covered in the leaking dirty oil. I bent the oil pan in a few places trying to get it off – it had never been removed. Had to take my RE control arm drop bracket support off to remove the pan. The rear main bearing came off easy enough -> . The lower seal was as hard as granite which I imagine is not good for keeping oil in. Here is what the new lower RMS looked like -> . The lower seal took a little bit of effort but it popped out, but not with out leaving a bit of it left in the channel. I spent 10 minutes cleaning that up. Took a break and flew one of the micro-chopper we had at the shop -> ~ hovering in this picture. Spent a few moments looking ate the new parts we got in for the 1967 Kaiser Jeep M715 -> Fun time was over and it was time to get started on the upper rear main seal. It was stupid hard to get out. I swore it was never coming out. I spent a cursed filled hour trying to tap it out with a small hammer and punch. It was 3:30pm now and I figured I hade destroyed the channel and had nothing to loose, so I broke out a real Estwing 16 once claw hammer and let it have it. After 3 or 4 hits to my surprise it budged. Got it around as far as I could safely go with out scoring the crank and then used some needle nose vice grips and a closed end wrench for leverage to pull it completely out. It was a nightmare, but it was out -> The whole piece honestly feels like steel - not just the core. And a top view of the same seal showing the Unobtainium it is made out of -> . The new upper portion -> The upper seal went in fairly easy and I was happy. I spent at least an hour cleaning the old oil pan gasket off both surfaces. The new one piece gasket is nice -> I got it all back together except for the support bar ~ just incase I have to take it apart again. I have no leaks as of yet. The true test will be after I drive to work tomorrow. I have to give anyone who has replaced the rear main seals a lot of credit. It is not fun. 1/18 - Drove around Sunaday and the 33 miles to work today with out a drop of new oil :banana: . Looks like it has worked :popcorn: .

Money sent :thumbsup:

I am in for a set. Pm to follow . . . Thanks, Rich

I would like to see how they turn out. Keep me updated - Rich

Exactly - they do not! So where in the last seven pages did you say I want two sets IF they don't use 3" tail lights or any other deal breakers?

From this: To this: :huh???:

Do you still need one? I PM'd You - Rich