Thanks to maxspeed3 for the help and tie6044 for the parts

[CMXterra]

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.

 

[CMXterra]

So the second day started about the same time (5 p.m.) and it was cooler so this made for much happier repairs.


Made a cradle to help position the "new" transmission

Friend that came over to help (easy to work on but HEAVY parts)

getting the "new" one into position and on the table lift

getting there

Just about

And on! Bolted back up and re-connected the clutch linkage and the two drive shafts.

I did a quick shift test that night then a full drive around the neighborhood the next morning. Good to go.
This would have been a one day fix had I started in the morning and just powered through it. But without help it would not have happened so thanks to my friends that helped out.
Just big heavy legos for adults. And it shifts smoother than my old transmission.

More important than tools, good friends are what you need to work on these things. Thanks again to Scott and Justin!

 

[maxspeed3]

Not a problem to help you out man! Good shes all back together and running good! (sorry I just noticed you made this thread)..