So I lost my mojo to work on the pig for a while there.. continuing to work on getting the interior back to bare metal and the other bits to prep for paint was getting me down and I cbf'd going out to the shed to work on it..
I fitted the front doors so I can check for clearance around the A pillar with my mods.. (and mod the door accordingly)
Decided to run 80 series door rubbers.. They are in a lot better condition than the 55 ones and I dont mind modifying them to suit. It's what I have!
The missing gears for the Sumo gears turned up and I got busy modifying the transfer case to fit them.. The gears took a week to cross the globe and 2 weeks to travel 1000kms but anyway.. they made it. My transfer case had been like this for a good 5 years..
rear transfer housing mods:
I got stuck in fitting the case to find out I couldn't shift the gearbox so had to much around with the top hat and h55f internals .
My tacho sender and the L4 switch wires are looking a bit sad
Any tips on the best way to fix the wiring above would be appreciated.
But I found some front/rear output flanges so the switch above is all that is missing prior to installation..
The High/Low range arm from a Vacuum shift transfer case is too short to work with the manual converted case, so i'll bend up an extension that bolts over the top of the existing arm.. Also need a 4wd shift gate, I haven't seen mine in ages.
Next up is to seal the sump, replace bearings and install the clutch.
P.s... how good is the lighting in the shed now eh?