since there isnt a designated place for it.
this turned into a build thread.
T/C leak
i have to refill it everytime i drive it
i really really dont want to pull this T/C and have my jeep torn apart once again for weeks in my driveway.
i am trying to isolate this leak so i will know where it is coming from.
it's tricky.
as far as i can tell the only kinda sorta cure for a intermediate shaft leak is to buy a novak kit that has o-rings.
and replace gaskets/double up on seals.
not having a garage stinks.
but i would have to sell the jeep to be able to afford to move to a place that had a garage.
it is this situation that makes me think i should just fill the case everytime before i drive it and save up until i have the money to hand it over to a mechanic and say fix it.
i just dont have the equipment or a place to do this.
i am not discouraged.
but i have to face the fact that it may very well cost $600-$1000 to fix this problem.
before someone tells me that it should only cost a fraction of what i said.
or that it should take me 10 minutes to do it myself.
it takes weeks for me to do something like this.
(i been down this road before)
the mechanic holds all the cards.
if i dont like his prices i can take it somewhere else.
which means paying someone to trailer it for a long ways to a different mechanic.
see what i mean?
i dont like it but that is how it is.
if it is less $$$
thats great.
but i am counting on a worst case scenario.
that way i wont wet myself when i get a gigantic bill.
as far as toughing it out and doing it myself.
i was underneath this jeep in feburary at 7000 feet with a floodlight in the morning before work gutting the brakes.
and spent every day off for 4 months on it.
i paid my dues.
i just dont have the equipment or a place to do this.
dirt driveway with no weather protection or lights or proper tools or bench etc....
i am done with squatting in the dirt trying to play mechanic.
i love this jeep
but it was an impulse buy and i wish i would have thought it through before i got it.
for instance
W.T.H. am i supposed to work on it?
live and learn eh?
i can laugh at myself.
getting bent out of shape wont do any good.
