Re: '91 Jeep Cherokee Main. Req'd light on all the time...other problems

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Jerry,
  What you should find is a bolt holding an oil filter adapetr onto the block.
There is an O-ring kit for it, I don't have the part number. It should be avalable most places by now. Take the filter off. Take the large bolt out. Take the adapter off and replace all the O-rings. Line up the small dowell and reassemble it. The leak should be solved.
  You may be able to tighten the bolt if it is loose, but I doubt this will solve all the leakage problem.
 IIRC, The light is a milage triggered light telling you to change the fluid in the transfer case. Or, that the fluid level is low. 
Mark Price
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Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
65 Ambassador 990H flood victim parts car!
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:12:35 -0700 (PDT)

>  My ailing aunt has a '91 CHerokee with a "few" miles
>on it. It has a red text message lit on the dash
>saying Main. Req'd on full-time. She said the
>mechanics said it'd be $400 to shut it off, or leave
>it on and ignore it. Anyone know what it means or
>refers to?
>  Another problem I found was it was 3 quarts low on
>oil. When wiping the oil filter block housing, it had
>a thin seeping line of oil at a seam where it's in two
>pieces? Is there a bolt which joins these two pieces?
>The oil filter is angled UP, not to the side or down.
>The seam is below it, a straight line around the
>circumference. When I wiped off all the old crud, I
>could see fresh oil seep out continuously while the
>engine was running. Is there an easy fix, like
>tightening a bolt, to cure this? 
>  Since I'm learning about Jeeps, figured I'd throw
>this one out as well, to help my aunt. Thanks in
>advance,
>
>Jerry in Virginia
>back to work tomorrow, dang it!
>
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