The Mud Pit > Wrenching
XJ Refurb
kirksjeep:
On my lunch break I ran over to Linder Jeep in New London and purchased an Oil Filter adaptor o-ring kit. The adaptor is definitely my biggest leaker. I also ran into Autozone to buy the shortest T-60 torx bit I could find to pull it off the engine. There isn't much room between the frame horns and the adaptor bolt, maybe 2- 2 1/2". I am going to try and knock this out tomorrow.
PaulW:
i've always used a gearwrench on the hex of the torx to get those out. the ratchet doesn't fit very well.
kirksjeep:
--- Quote from: PaulW on July 31, 2009, 10:34:40 PM ---i've always used a gearwrench on the hex of the torx to get those out. the ratchet doesn't fit very well.
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The torx I bought is pressed into a chrome piece that attaches to a socket. It looks like I could get the torx part out and them use a ratchet wrench to pull it out. I really don't know what else I would use a T60 for??? In 15 years of owning and working on Jeeps I have never needed one before this.
PaulW:
--- Quote from: kirksjeep on August 01, 2009, 05:19:34 AM ---
--- Quote from: PaulW on July 31, 2009, 10:34:40 PM ---i've always used a gearwrench on the hex of the torx to get those out. the ratchet doesn't fit very well.
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The torx I bought is pressed into a chrome piece that attaches to a socket. It looks like I could get the torx part out and them use a ratchet wrench to pull it out. I really don't know what else I would use a T60 for??? In 15 years of owning and working on Jeeps I have never needed one before this.
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gm used them for years on they're w-body cars for the front caliper brackets. there's a few more uses but i forget what they are.
kirksjeep:
The O-ring change went surprisingly easy. I pulled the oil filter, and covered it up since I was going to re-use it. I punched the bit out of the socket and used a 10mm wrench over the bit and an old lacrosse pole over the wrench to break it loose. Once loose I used a 10mm ratchet wrench to pull it all the way out.
The large o-ring that seals the adaptor to the block was hard as a rock and completly flat. The o-rings on the bolt looked ok, but since new ones came in the kit I replaced them too. Before I put everything back on I cleaned everything real well and then bolted everything back up. I added a little oil to make up for the little bit that came out when pulling the filter off.
I took the Jeep for a test drive, to check and see how it worked. The temp gauge never even made it to 210, so it looks like the overheating problem is fixed. When I got back from the 15 min test drive, the first thing I noticed was no buring oil smell. ;) I crawled under the Jeep and couldn't find any oil leaking at all. I'm going to keep a close eye for leaks but with a little luck the rear main seal is ok and the oil filter adaptor was the leaking so much oil that it made it look like a rear main seal. I doubt I'll get that lucky, but it has cut the leak down significantly.
I also added my "Mall Crawler" sticker.
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