The Quick/Small/(Stupid?) Question Thread.

[zed]

I just saw this:
Replacement neoprene fuel sender gasket SAE 5-Hole. Neoprene gasket. Bolt Circle 2-1/8"

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_7012 ... lsrc=aw.ds&

Will this bolt circle fit?
Keith

[jwgreen]

Here is a pic of it bolted to my tank!!

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That being said, I am going to go ahead and order some of these. I'll see what I can work out for a bulk price to get the cost down as much as possible. Let me know if anyone wants one.

Just want to verify with all the experts that 10-100 ohms is the correct range??

So mine must have been drilled wrong then.

River,

From what I can tell from your previous picture yours looks to be correct. It looks like an SAE 5 hole pattern.

[r1lark]

Will the reproduction Columbian shifter/handbrake/transfer case boots for the later model Patrols (see picture below) fit properly on an early Patrol that had the vinyl boots for the handbrake and transfer case levers?

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[RiverPatrol]

The shifter boot definitely can. The hand brake and transfer shifter boots can with some modification. Because the original vinyl ones were secured with metal trim pieces there are 'capture nuts' on the bottom of the cover, which will impede these boots fitting properly. You can cut out the bottom edge of the boot to fit around the captured nuts and they will fit kind of ok - better than nothing.

[Esteban]

I’ve done on mine what RiverPatrol describes, only that I got rid of the captive nuts, so the rubber boots attach in a better way.

RiverPatrol’s a better way if you plan in the future to the original boots.

[r1lark]

Thanks River and Esteban! (I would have hit the "thanks" button, but occasionally it disappears only to reappear a few days later! )

Could I bother one of y'all for a picture of the installed boots on an early Patrol?

[Esteban]

Thanks River and Esteban! (I would have hit the "thanks" button, but occasionally it disappears only to reappear a few days later! )

Could I bother one of y'all for a picture of the installed boots on an early Patrol?

Here are a couple of pictures. I couldn't take the carpeting out, since underneath is a heat and sound deadening material. The transmission shifter boot is from another vehicle. At that time I couldn't find the proper one and this is very flexible.

The boots from Colombia are a little bit stiff, and they have a tendency to come out, specially the emergency brake one. Another reason to keep the captive nuts.

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[r1lark]

Thank you very much Esteban for the pictures. I believe, after thinking about your and River's experience, I'll just get the inner and outer boots for the trans shifter and make vinyl boots for the others.

[r1lark]

How is the front axle outer bearing (the bearing behind the spindle) lubricated? Does this require pulling the spindle from the knuckle assembly and hand packing it, or is this bearing lubricated via the grease fitting on the top of the knuckle assembly?

[Esteban]

How is the front axle outer bearing (the bearing behind the spindle) lubricated? Does this require pulling the spindle from the knuckle assembly and hand packing it, or is this bearing lubricated via the grease fitting on the top of the knuckle assembly?

They are lubricated at the time of assembly. The grease fitting on top of the knuckle assembly is only to lube the cone bearing, and another grease fitting at the end of the axle housing is to lube the bushing for the axle. Obviously grease find its way to the bearing eventually, but not as the intended purpose.

In later models of Patrols, the grease fitting on top of the knuckle assembly was eliminated when the cone bearing for the top was replaced by a regular conical bearing, so there was no means of lubricating the bearing inside the spindle.

Which reminds me...