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The NOS units are a little more robust than the original units. I'll keep the original unit in my spare parts.
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Making a seal driver out of a plastic oil filter wrench.
New double lip seals ordered from Joe's Motor Pool
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Joe's seal is very high quality and has thicker metal than the standard single lip seals available.
The original style seal uses paper gaskets to make a seal between the axle housing and the metal seal housing. Joe's Motor Pool double lip seal uses a silicone seal instead of a paper gasket. Nice!
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Preparing to install the seal into the axle housing. Here I packed the area around the retaining spring to ensure the spring won't come unseated while driving the seal into place.
Here I applied some Aviation Permatex to the outer edge of the seal. This is just an extra measure as the silicone seal should prevent oil leakage at this area.
Seal driven into place
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And the Yoke....
Sealing the splines, washer and nut
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Torquing the nut, 200 ft lbs
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I re-used the yoke on the rear as the seal surface was in perfect cond.
Hodakaguy
To quote Hannibal from the A-Team...."I love it when a plan comes together!" The M38 is running and driving again!
Today it's time to re-install the fuel tank and take the Jeep for a test drive to test out all the new bits. When we purchased the Jeep it had been sitting for years with old fuel in the tank, the inside of the tank had a lot of while powder and gunk in the bottom of the tank so some cleaning was in order.
Here's a few shots of the tank when it was removed from the Jeep
Hmmm...fuel sender wasn't functioning lol. A new one will be installed.
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We took to the tank to a radiator shop where they boiled out the tank and re-lined it, should be good for years to come now. Here the tank has a fresh coat of primer and paint applied.
New fuel sender and gaskets ready to be installed
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Time for a new filler neck seal.
Back in the Jeep
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