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Engine and transmission out
Enough with the spanners and sockets, time for some heavy work.
The 3Bii is out. Because the engine is so far back from the front of the chassis, I had to use the boom at its full extension, not ideal for moving the crane around.
Out with the H55F. The previous owner's son emphasised that the original H41 was converted to a 5-speed in Kota Kinabalu (KK), Malaysia. I indeed believe that the H55F extension housing is of a different age from the main transmission case, due to different paint overspray. The front part of the transfer case could well be original, but the rear part is a vacuum-shift type, dating from 1987. No matter how shoddy the work though, this is a full H55F. Of course, some monkey has stripped the threads in the filler plug, and jammed in, crookedly, an oversized plug, So that will need a thread insert.
The thing is utterly filthy. Oil seems to be creeping out from everywhere, hard baked on by heat. Disgusting.
These seals are long gone. Lowermost is the totally trashed seal for the 2-4 wheel drive selector shaft. The mechanics had used silicone to stick the old seal (whose metal lip holds a rubber gaiter, which is disintegrating) onto a standard oil seal.... well I guess it sort of worked.
Frequent oil changes do not seem to have been on the mind of whoever serviced this transmission. It is utterly filthy inside as well as outside.
I would learn quite a bit about transmissions from rebuilding this (more later), so while it was a very expensive repair, it was also a lot of fun. Lots of new, shiny pieces to come. It seems only specific things on the car were properly maintained, and this poor H55F was certainly not one of them.
EO
Enough with the spanners and sockets, time for some heavy work.
The 3Bii is out. Because the engine is so far back from the front of the chassis, I had to use the boom at its full extension, not ideal for moving the crane around.
Out with the H55F. The previous owner's son emphasised that the original H41 was converted to a 5-speed in Kota Kinabalu (KK), Malaysia. I indeed believe that the H55F extension housing is of a different age from the main transmission case, due to different paint overspray. The front part of the transfer case could well be original, but the rear part is a vacuum-shift type, dating from 1987. No matter how shoddy the work though, this is a full H55F. Of course, some monkey has stripped the threads in the filler plug, and jammed in, crookedly, an oversized plug, So that will need a thread insert.
The thing is utterly filthy. Oil seems to be creeping out from everywhere, hard baked on by heat. Disgusting.
These seals are long gone. Lowermost is the totally trashed seal for the 2-4 wheel drive selector shaft. The mechanics had used silicone to stick the old seal (whose metal lip holds a rubber gaiter, which is disintegrating) onto a standard oil seal.... well I guess it sort of worked.
Frequent oil changes do not seem to have been on the mind of whoever serviced this transmission. It is utterly filthy inside as well as outside.
I would learn quite a bit about transmissions from rebuilding this (more later), so while it was a very expensive repair, it was also a lot of fun. Lots of new, shiny pieces to come. It seems only specific things on the car were properly maintained, and this poor H55F was certainly not one of them.
EO
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