Gap between engine and bell housing
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Gap between engine and bell housing
I just replaced my 4runner 1987 22re with 5 speed. The Ex ended up with my last one. I knew there were leaks when I bought it. So I was just underneath trying to determine what I needed to do to fix the leaks when I noticed there is a gap on the lower half of the bellhousing to engine perhaps 3/16 of an inch at the very bottom then less till no more gap about up half way. So I hate to ask a dumb question is this correct? Do I just start torquing the bolts? It just seems odd the top half looks fine.
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So I just checked the bolts are tight, the gap appears to be mostly just at the two lower brackets that go to the engine.
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it looks like the stiffener plate is hitting the lip on the oil pan at first glance, ive heard of people having to tap the oil pan lip back a tad, if all the other bolts are really tight, you may have to loosen them a bit to get that gap to close, which sucks because the top 2 are a pain, that isnt a 4 speed trans is it?
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Agreed, wash that sucker and then look for where leaks are coming from. Looking at it now, maybe it's a leaking rear main seal, and is dripping out the bottom of the bellousing.
Note that the 2 bellhousing bolts shown have much lower torque rating than the ones that bolt to the BLOCK. The ones you show bolt to the 2 mounts in the photo. How do I know? I snapped one once
That small gab is odd - could be the blocking plate got caught on something/bent at one point maybe?
Note that the 2 bellhousing bolts shown have much lower torque rating than the ones that bolt to the BLOCK. The ones you show bolt to the 2 mounts in the photo. How do I know? I snapped one once
That small gab is odd - could be the blocking plate got caught on something/bent at one point maybe?
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I bet it has been like this since the new clutch was installed at a shop in Portland about 45K miles ago. I think the engine is leaking at the valve cover and I know the transfer case is also leaking at the rear seal because of worn bearings. I can grab the driveline and see the rear flange move at least a quarter inch. I am trying to decide about replacing the bearing and seal on the transfer case or picking up a used one for a c note. I also need to do a search about replacing gaskets on the engine.
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