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Transmission swap - Thanks to maxspeed3 for the help and tie6044 for the parts
Little update. Major repair.
I did a 780 mile round trip over 2 days and had a little mishap.
On my way home (about 3 hours from home) I started hearing a clicking sound coming from the transmission while coasting in 5th gear. Thinking back I actually started hearing the sound about 4 hours from home but it was not really bad till about 3 hours.
So anyway. I was careful not to coast in 5th and was gentle with the gear shift. She got me home.
Next morning I cracked open the transmission (about a 15 minute job) and found this.
Ok This is not good. But considering that I drove at least 4 hours (guessing more) on this without 5th gear totally blowing up I consider myself lucky. It was also a testament to how robust the transmissions are. So call up my local buddy that sells parts and low and behold he has a pull out transmission. So off I went.
Next day I went about taking off the broken one. It is a divorced T-case and there are no cross members holding the transmission on so it was not to difficult.
rear of transmission
wider view of transmission
front drive shaft out of the way
floor plate removed
table stand ready to accept transmission
dropped and out of the way
This was all done from about 5 till 8 p.m. It was getting late so I close up shop for the day.
Little update. Major repair.
I did a 780 mile round trip over 2 days and had a little mishap.
On my way home (about 3 hours from home) I started hearing a clicking sound coming from the transmission while coasting in 5th gear. Thinking back I actually started hearing the sound about 4 hours from home but it was not really bad till about 3 hours.
So anyway. I was careful not to coast in 5th and was gentle with the gear shift. She got me home.
Next morning I cracked open the transmission (about a 15 minute job) and found this.
Ok This is not good. But considering that I drove at least 4 hours (guessing more) on this without 5th gear totally blowing up I consider myself lucky. It was also a testament to how robust the transmissions are. So call up my local buddy that sells parts and low and behold he has a pull out transmission. So off I went.
Next day I went about taking off the broken one. It is a divorced T-case and there are no cross members holding the transmission on so it was not to difficult.
rear of transmission
wider view of transmission
front drive shaft out of the way
floor plate removed
table stand ready to accept transmission
dropped and out of the way
This was all done from about 5 till 8 p.m. It was getting late so I close up shop for the day.
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