Dry mud inside first crossmember.

[Fernando Mendes]

1)Today I was changing the engine oil and inspectioning underneath,when saw the first crossmember holes and with my finger tried to find somethings and got dry mud inside it.I will try to clean it with a knife.

2)Another noticed,my engine oil was dripping more easy in the white garage floor.Today when I checked the level it was above and with little viscosity.I think that when months ago I cleaned and changed all the block water I opened the tap and water falls inside the dipstick oil hole.My engine is a IND251 with the water tap over the dipstick oil hole.

[bach4660]

usually if you get water in the oil it will turn a milky colour.

thats too bad if you did, good thing you found it before too long.

[Fernando Mendes]

usually if you get water in the oil it will turn a milky colour.

thats too bad if you did, good thing you found it before too long.

After I changed the oil yesterday it was not with milky colour.I do not use the filter since years ago.The last oil change was in september 2011.Thanks for your answer.

[bach4660]

the last oil change was in september 2011

I always forget that you and the Australia guys are getting your trucks out for the summer, as we are all so busy putting ours away for the winter.

[Fernando Mendes]

1)Today I was changing the engine oil and inspectioning underneath,when saw the first crossmember(support) holes and with my finger tried to find somethings rusted and got dry mud inside it.I will try to clean it with a knife.

bach4660,the reason that I said this,was because here near my city in '50 and '60 the roads were too bad with many holes.Actually my city has 50,000 inhabitants.

[ggdad1951]

I was still pulling chunks out after I drove FEF for a bit as it rattled loose after years of sitting in there.

[tom'sB2B]

When I bought my truck it was infested with rats. I caught three living in my seat. I also had to pull a nest from the rear crossmember and they chewed through my brake wires. I finally filled the rear crossmember with expanding foam to keep them out. I'm still finding acorns and nesting material in nooks and cracks

[Fernando Mendes]

When I bought my truck it was infested with rats. I caught three living in my seat. I also had to pull a nest from the rear crossmember and they chewed through my brake wires. I finally filled the rear crossmember with expanding foam to keep them out. I'm still finding acorns and nesting material in nooks and cracks

And your support(engine)?Has dry mud with rust inside it?Did you already look?

[Fernando Mendes]

I was still pulling chunks out after I drove FEF for a bit as it rattled loose after years of sitting in there.[/quote

And your support(engine)?Has dry mud with rust inside it?Did you already look?

[ggdad1951]

I was still pulling chunks out after I drove FEF for a bit as it rattled loose after years of sitting in there.[/quote

And your support(engine)?Has dry mud with rust inside it?Did you already look?

not anymore, after I ran the truck for a bit I saw that and got after it before we put the body on. Beat on the member with a rubber mallet and a ton of stuff popped loose (and out)

[Dan Babb]

When I was working on my truck, I found a bunch of dried up clay in the cross-member and all over the front of the frame & suspension parts. It looked like one side of the truck sat down in the mud for a while because it was way worse on the passenger side.

Down here, there are some bugs that will use the clay to build nests...I found a few of those nests attached to the frame too.