Installing a Locker & fixing a oil leak
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Installing a Locker & fixing a oil leak
Hello Everyone,
I just got through installing a locker in the 8.6" 10 bolt in my '04 1500 2wd and figured I'd post up a few snapshots. I also had a chance to fix an oil leak around the engine oil pan gasket.
Parts:
The Powertrax Lock Right
The reason I needed a locker
Opened up the diff and pulled the spider gears.
good thing these spider gears are going away, it looks like some debree got in and starting making unusual patterns in the gears
Than I hit a snag; the locker I picked up from a friend doesn't fit the carrier! it turns out this locker is for the older GM 10 bolt 8.5" not the newer GMT800 8.6"
At a dead end with my locker project I decided to get going on the oil pan project.
The new pan & gasket went up easily, I mean as easily as it could laying on your back working in between limited ground clearance. Thank God GM engineers finally made the crossmember directly under the oil pan unbolt from the frame!
With the oil pan done but still stuck with the locker I decided to do a few athestic things under the hood, like replacing my black rubber fuel lines for steel braided ones.
Yes, there is a carbureted Small Block Chevy 350 in my 2004 Silverado.
Fast Forward 4 days: The new Powertrax No Slip I ordered arrived and I could finish the locker project.
After getting the truck back together I took it for a test drive around the block, I pulled it back into the garage and saw that I still had a dribble of oil coming from the front of the oil pan.
I did a bit of research yesterday, I've got a dorman type aftermarket Vortec timing cover on my SBC that spans the years '96-02. in 1998 there were two front crank seals available. One seal had a slightly larger I.D. than the other, and I couldn't find anywhere on any spec sheets what seal was used in that timing cover.
I decided to pull the dampner and sure enough my seal was oil wet and there was evidence the balancer was slinging oil.
The seal has metric measurements of 45 x 61 x 8.5 inscribed on it, and the 45mm translates to 1.771" the larger of the two seal options. Today I will install the smaller I.D seal and button her back up.
Cheers ~Mykk
I just got through installing a locker in the 8.6" 10 bolt in my '04 1500 2wd and figured I'd post up a few snapshots. I also had a chance to fix an oil leak around the engine oil pan gasket.
Parts:
The Powertrax Lock Right
The reason I needed a locker
Opened up the diff and pulled the spider gears.
good thing these spider gears are going away, it looks like some debree got in and starting making unusual patterns in the gears
Than I hit a snag; the locker I picked up from a friend doesn't fit the carrier! it turns out this locker is for the older GM 10 bolt 8.5" not the newer GMT800 8.6"
At a dead end with my locker project I decided to get going on the oil pan project.
The new pan & gasket went up easily, I mean as easily as it could laying on your back working in between limited ground clearance. Thank God GM engineers finally made the crossmember directly under the oil pan unbolt from the frame!
With the oil pan done but still stuck with the locker I decided to do a few athestic things under the hood, like replacing my black rubber fuel lines for steel braided ones.
Yes, there is a carbureted Small Block Chevy 350 in my 2004 Silverado.
Fast Forward 4 days: The new Powertrax No Slip I ordered arrived and I could finish the locker project.
After getting the truck back together I took it for a test drive around the block, I pulled it back into the garage and saw that I still had a dribble of oil coming from the front of the oil pan.
I did a bit of research yesterday, I've got a dorman type aftermarket Vortec timing cover on my SBC that spans the years '96-02. in 1998 there were two front crank seals available. One seal had a slightly larger I.D. than the other, and I couldn't find anywhere on any spec sheets what seal was used in that timing cover.
I decided to pull the dampner and sure enough my seal was oil wet and there was evidence the balancer was slinging oil.
The seal has metric measurements of 45 x 61 x 8.5 inscribed on it, and the 45mm translates to 1.771" the larger of the two seal options. Today I will install the smaller I.D seal and button her back up.
Cheers ~Mykk
Last edited by Mykk; Mar 28, 2009 at 9:37 AM.
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hey, nice post, btw!
well, maybe you'll be more adventurous with this:
http://www.rexresearch.com/1index.htm#auto
there's much you can do with carburated engine that you can not with FI.
hey, nice post, btw!
well, maybe you'll be more adventurous with this:
http://www.rexresearch.com/1index.htm#auto
there's much you can do with carburated engine that you can not with FI.
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yeah i have a 1995 chevy im about to put a carbeurated engin in that i had an 85 with a carb. and i loved it so easy to work on and you can take all that computer, emmisions bull **** off. Sooooo easy to work on and so much you can do with them and the engine looks better with out all that wiring!!!!
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