If youve dun the rear main seal before, you no wut a big job it iz. I found out that its possible to do without taking haf the car apart, but its still a hassle.
But before I did, I invented a cheap solution. It duznt fix the leak, it just keeps it from messing up your drive way.
About oil color - I havent seen any uzed oil that wuznt dark. It can be in a running enjin for 15 minits and be dark alredy. I think therez more to it than just metal particlez that hav rubbed off uv the moving parts.
Joined: Sat Mar 29 2008, 03:36PM
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None of my running cars and trucks have dark oil at change time. Every thing I have was bought with very high mileage. Before I dump the old oil, I usually run a quart or two of trans fluid in the oil and run it till it's up to temp.
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That's pretty old school Art, you're showing you age!
I remember back then, my Dad used to add a qt of Rislone when he changed both oil and filter. In those days a person changed oil every 1,500 miles and both oil and filter every 3,000. In the 50's he started adding molybdenum disulfide (Moly-Slip) to his oils. This stuff is very interesting and super slippery. The Canadian Army ran a bunch of tests with Moly-Slip and oned of the things they discovered was it virtually eliminated friction. They also discovered newly rebult engines running Moly-Slip wouldn't break-in. Just a blast from the past!
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When I had a 78 Scout I used moly in the engine and gear-moly in the transfer case, manual transmission and front and rear differentials. They were power-loc diffs, the type without clutches. Plus I used Red Ram Grease made up in Edmonton for the high north guys. Anyhow, with the moly everything worked smooth as glass even down at -40 C/F.
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Fury440 wrote ...
That's pretty old school Art, you're showing you age!
Indeed...
Interesting to read what folks have done to get us into the present day of 6,000 mile oil changes and practically zero maintenance.
I worked in a salvage yard in South Milwaukee, back in the summer of '78. While removing my 1st transmission I spilled the fluid all down my cover-alls. A very slippery day that was.
Once I laundered the coveralls all the grease and dirt was gone from the areas the fluid spilled on. I asked the local "Street Hero" , he informed me of the trans fluid trick.
Been doing it ever since. Always a clean crank case from then on.