Great job Chuck. The best way to learn all you need to know about a component is to tear it down. You'll end up with two good transmissions, and maybe some trading material.
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Great job Chuck. The best way to learn all you need to know about a component is to tear it down. You'll end up with two good transmissions, and maybe some trading material.
I like the fact that it folds up for storage to a fairly small foot print. Even when I had my bigger shop, floor space was always a premium.
The engine hoist is a 2 1/2 ton with the boom all the way in, and 1/2 ton all the way out. It handles well at that length on just about everything. I've had this same one for around 25 years and...
If you like that, check this one out with the wagon body removal. Not as eloquent, but it worked. A lot more cribbing and wishing I had another engine hoist, or a two post lift would be even better.
I like building fixtures as well. Am getting too broke down to crawl around on a creeper to do body work. Then I'm too cheap to purchase a rotisserie, and haven't found any good industrial junk...
Patent pending on the custom shift tower fixture. Love it!
After you drain the sludge out, I would use kerosene to flush out the remaining crud. Then you can put Marvel's around the gears and synchro. Rustoleum makes a rust converter liquid, but I would be...
Bench refresh the engine-less transmission, then swap out the problem child in the running 3B. You'll be better off if you do have water contamination plaguing your primary trans. Needle bearings...
The biggest thing with these transmissions are rust from storage/sitting. If the Jeep was left outside then water will make it's way down the shifter, and into the transmission. If the Jeep was...