Massive Rear Oil Leak/An Easy Repair Story

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: Massive Rear Oil Leak/An Easy Repair Story
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Putnam, Bluffton, Ohio on Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 07:47 pm:

I had received a call from a T owner who said "All of a sudden I have a huge oil leak in the rear end of my Coupe. How big a leak, I asked. A T's seem to leak some oil around the rear axle. Yes,he replied but this one is a big puddle! Ok, bring the car over.
It wasn't long before he and his wife were in the driveway. The car was not running, it has sat for 2 years! It was still leaking oil! We pushed the car off the trailer into the shop. I quickly put the cardboard oil catcher under the real axle. Sure enough oil soon appeared. The creeper was rounded up and under the car for an inspection. Yep, there was oil on the rear axle tubes, the spring and all over the turtle deck bottom. The center of the rear axle was dry. I crawled out from under, opened the trunk and found the leak. An almost empty gallon of oil that had a puncture in the bottom. As I handed him the container his wife says "I told you to look in the trunk". It will be hard for him to live this down.
This was definitely the easiest leaking oil problem to solve. That was my day. JP


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Halpin on Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 07:54 pm:

Oh you're right. This poor guy is never going the end of this. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 09:13 pm:

Jack - By not revealing this poor chaps name, it proves that you are a true gentleman!

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Putnam, Bluffton, Ohio on Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 09:50 pm:

Keith: He shall remain in a state of anonymity here on the forum, but I am not sure his wife will give him such kindness.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 10:38 pm:

^ I hate when that happens....... :-(


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Marshall V. Daut on Friday, October 05, 2012 - 12:03 am:

To this experience I can only add: "Oil's well that ends well."
Ouch!
Marshall


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Friday, October 05, 2012 - 01:23 am:

Oh well, we've all had those days. Poor guy.


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