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V8 Engine Swap
Solid Axle Swap
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Over the past few weeks I have been working on replacing my trans and t-case. I had spares of both - figured I'd at a minimum clean them up and reseal before installing.
The 205 was a mess. It was full of mud, the needle bearings were rusted to the shafts and it took me a full day to clean it all up. Bearing kit and twin stick rails are installed.
The spare NP435 was in really good shape internally. I made some mistakes taking it apart but it's all back together and cleaned up. I have it installed in the truck but discovered that the tailhousings are different - no big deal, easy to swap. I should have checked but they looked the same, unfortunately my spare tailhousing ended up being 3/4" longer and the trans mount is in the wrong spot.
While I had the trans out I found the source of a huge coolant leak at an elbow in one of the heater hoses. I also have somehow lost pressure in my clutch hydraulics. Feels like air entered the system somehow but exactly how that happened is a total mystery, the system was not opened at all.
So some issues to fix for sure but am definitely making progress. I had today free to work on it but am home sick with the flu instead. Hopefully will have some time in the next week or two to get more done but I have a bunch of travel and then a trip to AZ in March so it may sit in pieces for a bit longer.
The 205 was a mess. It was full of mud, the needle bearings were rusted to the shafts and it took me a full day to clean it all up. Bearing kit and twin stick rails are installed.
The spare NP435 was in really good shape internally. I made some mistakes taking it apart but it's all back together and cleaned up. I have it installed in the truck but discovered that the tailhousings are different - no big deal, easy to swap. I should have checked but they looked the same, unfortunately my spare tailhousing ended up being 3/4" longer and the trans mount is in the wrong spot.
While I had the trans out I found the source of a huge coolant leak at an elbow in one of the heater hoses. I also have somehow lost pressure in my clutch hydraulics. Feels like air entered the system somehow but exactly how that happened is a total mystery, the system was not opened at all.
So some issues to fix for sure but am definitely making progress. I had today free to work on it but am home sick with the flu instead. Hopefully will have some time in the next week or two to get more done but I have a bunch of travel and then a trip to AZ in March so it may sit in pieces for a bit longer.