I have always been told that the Sta-Lube 90 Weight is the best. You'll have to get this at NAPA. > I get 90 wt gear oil at any local auto parts store. > > BlackBerry service provided by Nextel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Dirksen <cajun-eskimo@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:44:56 > To:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [tcb] Re: oil leak > > From oil leak to oil change, I changed to oil in the eskimo and was > planning to change out the fluid in the Reduction boxes and trans but once > at pep boy's I could not find strait 90 weight where do you guy's get you > gear oil from? Oh yea another big thing was the "noise" I had after a 5 > minute ride with Sawyer saturday it turned out to be the speedometer cable > rubbing the sleeve and with a couple drops of super lube I believe the > "noise" vanished. Thanks Mark! I continue to build a list of need items to > get old eskimo going strong. Eric have you bought the rivet gun yet? Ha-ha > maybe we can work something out "go half's" or something. Still need to > fix the latch on the small front window. OK hope everyone had a good > weekend. > > Oh yea one other thing is that I found one of the screws stripped on the > plate holding the oil screen do you thing extra teflon would hold it and > prevent oil leaking? Looked tight enough from the other bolts to prevent > leaking but it may end up that I'll need to re size the hole and place a > larger screw in it, any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > Cajun Eskimo > > Christopher Dirksen > > I plan to post Emily's Christmas party pic's on the www.cajun-eskimo.com: > <http://www.cajun-eskimo.com> today! Thanks Em and Mark > > ---------------- > From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [tcb] oil leak > Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:58:27 -0600 >>so i lowered the motor yesterday to fix the oil leak on hershey. had >>a hell of a time trying to pull off the fan shroud, tried calling >>denis for help but he wasn't home. finally removed the one damn bolt >>keeping it in and it came out but not with ease. man you would be >>amazed at all the oil around the cooler. so i start to remove the >>bolts on the stand. one of them twisted off, and the other two, well >>i can't get to them. then i decide to remove the three bolts that >>hold the cooler onto the stand...scratch that make that the two >>bolts that hold the cooler onto the stand. yea that's right, i found >>the problem, evidently there was a bolt missing. guess the mechanic >>only put it together half ass. yea, i was the mechanic. so now i >>have to take the damn stand off to get that one bolt out. i bought >>new cooler seals for it also. well i guess the good thing is that he >>won't leak any more around that area when i get done. more on it >>later. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Communicate instantly! Use your Hotmail address to sign into Windows >>Live Messenger now. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview >> >> > > > ---------------- > Fixing up the home? Live Search can help: > <http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2731??PS=47575>