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Originally Posted by Les Kovacs
Thanks for your response....I will try NAPA and if all else fails I will scour Barrie's auto shops for a longer 13/16 socket....many thanks!
PS...Jeeps goes into shop tomorrow for rear pinion seal and add a leaf to the driver side rear spring pack....which leads me to my next question....even without the add leaf to the passenger side (carried 200 lbs of radios) the angle of the "U" joint and shaft coming out of the transfer case seems somewhat drastic....how much angularity can the joint handle?...(jeep already comes with standard 12 leaves per rear pack).
Also, I ran across a few posts of some people drilling a 1/8 inch hole in the skirt of their thermostat....why?
Regards,
les
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The angle of the drivetrain is just fine. I have never dealt with any significant damage to U joints or rear driveshafts on the M38A1s.
The hole is likely peoples attempt to make a bypass so there is flow, preventing hotspots within the engine. Really not neccessary, since all the military Jeeps have the bypass hose running from the head to the water pump. We didn't do that in the military....really no reason for it.