Separated both transfer cases from their respective transmissions so I can bolt the 80 series t-case to the A750F after cleaning it up. They are heavy. The trans did not come with the hardlines that route to the front to the trans cooler, partsouq doesn’t have them so am going to look for other sources. I’m trying to use OE parts as much as I can.
1HZ oil pan, oil pickup and gasket fit up to the FTE block really nicely, and the FTE oil level sensor was a direct fit. Man was that a whole lot of little bolts to torque up, and a whole lot of FIPG to razor blade off.
The low oil marker on the FTE dipstick is well above the top of the oil pickup, and the high marker on the dipstick is below the low point on the lobes of the crank, so it looks like the FTE dip stick and tube will be ok.
I was happy with how clean the rotating assembly looked. I cleaned up all of the gasket maker after installing the new pickup because I didn’t want to risk getting some small piece of RTV in the pickup channel. It seemed the factory absolutely hogged RTV on there, or that the pan had been off before.
The difference in profile of the 1HZ pan vs the FTE pan from the 100 series was dramatic. I suspect this means total oil volume is lower so I’ll be sticking to old school 5k mile oil changes once it’s sorted and running.