New drivetrain for my 62

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Made big progress this weekend.

Ordered correct reverse gear and another bearing for the NV4500, ordered two parts from Advance Adapters, a bushing and bearing both mean to be pilot bearings for Ford small-block to NV4500 swaps. The bushing matches the Land Cruiser pilot bearing dimensions (besides larger ID) the bearing is 3/16" longer then the bushing bought both incase the bearing's extra length causes it to not work.

Also built splitcase and, and made brackets for the triple shifters. Just need heims and tube to make the linkages and shifters themselves. Pictures in next post.
 
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Tapped for NPT fittings so I can extend my breathers to the engine bay

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The whole combo in the Harbor Freight welding table. Nice testament to its strength. Getting it up there by myself was not easy either.

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Clutch fitment checked.

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And a nice surprise, the Cruiser throwout bearing fits on the MV4500 PERFECTLY. Like what the heck.

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Also made a bracket off the side of the trans for the triple sticks to pivot on. Has a captive nut that the bolt threads into. Those are bronze flange bushings pressed into steel sleeves.

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Modified the factory Hi-low linkage to so the shifter can go up-and-down instead of left-to-right.

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And welded a tab on the 2wd-4wd linkage so I can bolt a heim to it.
Bought some nylon bushings. We'll see how long they last if they don't I can just go from a 1/4 to a 5/16 bolt.

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The whole thing. Need to buy heims and tube to make te linkages.


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Thanks guys , really appreciate it. Hopefully I'll make it to Turkey Trot in November.
 
Got the correct reverse gear an another main bearing

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I see you and I use the same special surface to work on. Lol.
 
Need to hit the welds and some sharp edges with the flap disk and throw some paint on it but it's done with the exception of the small area around the transmission shifter, need to put the trans back in for that though.

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Hit it with some brush-on. Also fixed my clutch slave bracket which had been broken in half by knocking the motor over when I pulled it out. Lol.

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Haven't been good at updating this thread.

Got the motor built and in.
Got the drivetrain in.

Been driving it around (about 40 miles so far)

NV4500 is sweet besides a grind going into 4th gear on upshifts :mad:

No crazy gear noise from the 203 in High, I put in it Low to test it out and it sounds like a box of wrenches being thrown across the room but apparently that's pretty normal.

I like the 105:1 double low. I think it could still be lower but I'll have to test it out off-road first. :)

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Coolest Land Cruiser build in Florida going on right now.
Can't really see you needing anything lower than a 105:1 . Wheel it and you'll see how low that really is.
 
Very Nice Bud!
 
FloridaCruiser813 said:
I'm glad to hear it's up and running with only a few things to work out...
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Only a couple, front driveshaft, transfer case shifters, shift boots, carpet, air conditioning, power steering, not much :)
 
FL cruiser said:
Coolest Land Cruiser build in Florida going on right now.
Can't really see you needing anything lower than a 105:1 . Wheel it and you'll see how low that really is.
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Hey, second coolest!:D Mine will be the coolest when it has links, which is the next big planned project
 
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