Yes, I got that back in post#7. I got a chisel under the nose cone and eased it up and off. Gasket stayed intact, flipped the clutch sleeve collar added a little more gasket sealant and it's all great now.
Am I correct in assuming I can remove the 4 bolt rectangular shifter shaft assembly and then the 5 bolts that hold the nose cone and remove the cone without getting into the rear output side? I have the 5 bolts out and the nose cone is being stubborn. Is this just my gasket sealer along with...
OK, I did a mockup of the gear, bearings and spacers and yes it takes 2 spacers, two bearings and one gear so that part lays out just fine. Next I studied the clutch sleeve photo in the FSM and the Haynes with my new prescription glasses on and what had looked like a shadow was indeed the...
And the plot thickens..... The T case is essentially completed and ready to install onto the transmission, I understand this involves placing gears through the aperature on the side with one hand while sliding it onto the splined output shaft. But are there supposed to be TWO spacers involved in...
I should have been able to see that from the lever and bolt laying alongside it but once a guy is in his seventies it can be hard to remember how it all went together. Good thing I bought my '79 FSM forty years ago. I put another layer of tape on the cover last night. I'm gonna bolt a brake...
Thanks Charlie! Of course that makes sense and it was pretty easy to see with a flashlight that pushing the round plunger rod inwards slides the clutch sleeve on the shaft to the rear, which should normally disengage front drive. But in my case (no pun intended) it doesn't. It's like the...
Finally finishing up my transfer case (79 fj 55) rebuild and this afternoon I torqued the front drive output shaft to 115 lbs as stated in the FSM, then I installed the retainer with speedo drive with the same two shims I had removed. Next step is to install brake backing plate and drum and...
Lots of good info here, but really I was only wanting to know if I could hang the one piece '79 case on the back of a FJ 60's four speed in case the output splines were badly worn when Ipull the existing worn out case off for the swap. In my shed I had a 60 series tranny and t case and a '78...
When I pull my growly transfer case off it's original '79 transmission I suspect it may have the typical hard ware on the output splines like I saw on the last 4 speed I had. If so, I have a four speed with much lower miles, but it is an '82-'84 from a rolled over fj60. It's been in a dry shed...
It used to be a thing. The Toyota Stout pickup in the mid 1960s had a 4 on the tree as did some mercedes diesels of the same era. In the 80s we couldn't get rid of that column shifter fast enough and have a floor shift like a real truck. Only our grandmothers drove a 3 on the tree, and that was...
Just finishing up a transfer case rebuild. I rebuilt a '78 case from an Fj55 to swap into my '79 Fj55. My '79 has 3.70 gears and the '78 had 4.11. The '79 has 33" tires. My question is should I use the speedo gears from the '78 or the '79? I think this is the time to decide as I'm ready to...
Not sure what 'good shape' means to you. It's kinda like 'rusty'. I figure I'll bring my impact into that part of my woods and unscrew them. I do understand that forums have rules about the regular forum topics and the want ads. I think we should move this to PM, but will show you all what I...
While many of you have seen these photos before, they are pertinent to this thread and some of the newer guys may not have seen them. I'm now thinking this was more like 1990 as the smallest kid was born in January of '88 and I remember the kids went trick or treating on halloween night at a big...
I think I'll put off buying a Chinese tub until the factory that builds these Champion radiators (that sell on amazon for 200 bucks) starts offering a tub. The welds on the above tub look like some of the stuff I did an hour after I unboxed my first welder. On another platform I suggested that...
Believe me, you are gonna have a blast, and the people you will meet because of the 55 will be icing on the cake. Took my family of five for a month long trip in our '79 55, towing a 15' travel trailer in 1994. Disneyland, the the Southwestern states, about 4200 miles. You and your kids will be...