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Colder weather has brought more oil leaks on the 61 CJ5

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Drive28, Jan 5, 2015.

  1. Jan 5, 2015
    Drive28

    Drive28 Member

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    When I brought the 61 CJ5 home at the end of August it was running pretty clean and tight. With the cold winter temps the seals and gaskets must have shrunk because I now have oil seeping from the oil pan, transfer case and transmission. It's in winter storage and luckily I had laid out e-flute cardboard under it just in case, when I packed it away.
    Sunday I crawled around and re-torqued the oil pan, transfer case and transmission and anything else I saw weeping. Gosh.....were the bolts loose!

    I have a 63 Austin Mini with the A series engine which is notorious for oil leaks so I am use to it......the benefit....it baths the front subframe and floor pan and keeps the tin worms away:p But I was not expecting it as much on this old CJ5.

    Anyone else have the same cold weather symptom!? e-flute cardboard is my friend
     
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  2. Jan 5, 2015
    Howard Eisenhauer

    Howard Eisenhauer Administrator Staff Member

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    Know why the British have so much oil in the North Sea?









    Cork gaskets :D



    H.
     
  3. Jan 5, 2015
    Drive28

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    Howard.....I want you to know the parts that fall off the Austin Mini are of the finest British quality..........and you can always retrace your oil drips to retrieve them;)
     
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    PeteL

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    I thought they magnetized the rear bumpers to save that trouble of finding the parts.
     
  5. Jan 5, 2015
    blevisay

    blevisay Oh Noooooooooooooooo! Staff Member

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    one thing is for sure....if it stops leaking , you are out of oil.
     
  6. Jan 5, 2015
    uncamonkey

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    No, Lucas electrical system, you can't create enough power to magnetize a bumper, and you are assumeing that the generator is actually working.;)
     
  7. Jan 5, 2015
    Howard Eisenhauer

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    When I was a kid we had a '67 Austin Cambridge, that thing was built like a tank- the sheet metal had to be 1/4' thick on it :shock: My sister managed to flip it upside down into a ditch one day- the only damage was a "dent" in the roof that the body shop wasn't able to pull out so they just put a coat of filler over it. :rofl:

    H.
     
  8. Jan 6, 2015
    Drive28

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    I just had to get the British car jokes out of my system..........Don't get me wrong I love the 63 Mini:)....each vehicle I own is a unique driving experience......It is bone stock with the original 848CC engine and runs like a bat out of hell on it's 10" wheels.. right hand drive...traction and handling like no other! The 61 CJ5 is at the other end of the spectrum.... geared for brute strength...4X4...engine rpm sounds like its doing 90 in 3rd gear but its only doing 45.......so top heavy that if I took corners like I do in a Austin Mini on a back road I would roll the CJ several times. But it was a purpose built iconic utility vehicle and the Austin Mini was an affordable "city car" that earned a racing heritage and I really enjoy them both for different reasons.

    The only real common denominator is that they both leak oil! Ha!
     
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  9. Jan 6, 2015
    05rider

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    Off topic but I find it interesting that you specified and E-Flute sheet under the jeep. But then I spent many years in the corrugated box business. And by the way my 62 CJ likes to mark its spot as well and it always sits on top of a corrugated sheet. Some day I will replace the gaskets that are just waiting on my shelf.
     
  10. Jan 6, 2015
    Drive28

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    05Rider.......After rolling around to many cruize nights over the years.....I just got into a habit of carrying an old flattened e-flute cardboard box and sliding it under the leak of whatever heap I was driving so as to not leave a hazardous waste on the hosts parking lot or driveway. When the cardboard gets really nasty looking I just fold it up and put it into recycling and pull out another clean piece of E-flute cardboard and leave it in the trunk. It absorbs oil like cat litter:twisted:

    I got the feeling that this 61 CJ5 will be carrying the standard issue of cardboard next summer...........eventually like you I'll start replacing the suspected gaskets.
     
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