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Originally Posted by Banman
Good to know all is well -- there was only a little bit of water entrained sludge on the upper part of the case -- easy to wipe out with shop towels.
The bad news is that the fluid was 2" below the fill plug 
I should've checked it sooner -- the PO was so convincing about his love and respect for these ol' cubs that I took him at his word that all was well...
The bolts on the rear cover seemed barely more than hand tight and I'm sure that was (at least one of...) one of the seep/weep sources...
I couldn't find a torque spec for the cover bolts in the service manual -- standard torque seemed like it'd crush the gasket more than was needed...
Gotta add, I was impressed how thick the cover plate was -- wish the dana 44 cover plates on my Scout were that thick! |
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Now don't get all in a hurry to over torque the bolts.
Check the flatness of the cover, they git puckered in from fellers using an impact like on the dana or udder covers.
invert it in a open jaw vice and whack it with a suitable hammer to make it flat or even more than flat, as the bolts will pull it flat.
Then snug them evenly but not over tighten as you say, it will crush the gasket, you can always go a bit more later if needed.