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In between the bottom of the turbo and the oil pan there's about a 3/4 or 1" in diameter drain back tube, if it's plugged for any reason whatsoever oil is going to find a way out, even out of a good seal .
Make sure your oil drain back to the pan is clear, I've seen people put rags or paper towels in them during assembly and then forget to remove them, and it'll cause exactly the problem you're having
Like mentioned, drop the pan (not a big deal) give rods a visual inspection wiggle test, you may have just one or two that have a problem .
If you don't see or feel anything obvious, then start pulling rod caps and a couple main caps and see what you have .
You may get lucky and catch things...
I personally would not consider any of that scrap, if you need even one part out of that case, be it a gear, shaft, output flange, shift fork or the case itself, there is going to be no substitute .
As for that complete case I bet if I needed it somebody would want a lot more than a hundred...
There's a jointed shaft that comes off of the output, you can move it up down left right wherever you want and mount your pump wherever you like, fits under mine just fine, it's an M50A2 .
I'm sure there are better choices, but it can definitely be made to work, all it has to do is turn a pump .
If you can find a transfer case out of an old M49 or M50 fuel/water truck, they have a rear facing PTO output built into the T-case .
Some people have them and don't even realize it .
And therein lies a problem in my opinion, if your TM is printed out, fold it up and put it in the glove box for the next guy .
Climb under there look at it with your own eyes and common Sense and just make it work right .
Remember, instructions are just another person's opinion .
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Where that spring goes around that bolt, that's supposed to go underneath the nut against that steel plate, then you can run that bolt down and push your brake shoe closer to your drum .
And that cable is adjustable on both ends but sometimes guys run out of adjustment on just one end cuz they...
I kind of suspected as I was typing, but I just sent it anyway .
They are just a wiper seal like on an old Jeep or any closed knuckle, they always seem to be such a problem and when somebody comes out with something newer and better it doesn't really seem to be any better, just newer .
I dont...
This is all I ever hear about these, so probly never going to do them, I shall choose to run thicker oil and less of it .
Let em leak, I ain't got time for all that .
Probly shipped with 40 psi because you only need about 70 to 80 max psi in those, there is no reason to have 100 in them on an old truck like that, it will just ride stiff as hell and stress the casing for no reason unless you are actually working the truck at full capacity .