I took the last gear cluster over and started to press everything off. For some reason this is the part of the TC rebuild that made me really nervous, but everything came right off.
There is a tiny needle bearing that slips over the front output shaft yoke that can be a PITA to get out. I bought a kit from Harbor Freight (seen above behind the press) and it worked like a charm.
Once you get it all connected you're going to turn this into the shop version of a shake weight - grab the gear shaft and have it hammer upside down. Looks pretty stupid to be honest but hey it works!
Pressing everything back on was really easy - for the rear output shaft bearing I used the old one and a 38mm socket to help get it seated all the way
Voila - all back together with the new overdrive gear as well
It was so satisfying to see all the gears back together
Then the final product - really happy with how everything turned out and it really isn't that hard but now that I've rebuilt my knuckles and TC is the hazing over? Am I officially a Land Cruiser owner now?
With the tranny and TC now situated I turned my attention to pulling the original drivetrain. I started by dropping the transmission out of the bottom on a trans jack. I could've pulled it with the engine but honestly with the TC disconnected it was just four bolts to separate them.
Teardown on the engine happened really quickly
And before we knew it we had liftoff!
Got it on a pallet for the new owner to come pick up - for any purists reading this don't be too sad to see this engine go. It was sold on Saturday to a gentleman who will be using it in a stock 78 FJ40 to get it back on the road.
Here's the old vs new:
Now to clean up this mess - I lost some steam on Saturday but am going to try to get the mounts cut off and the new engine mocked up this week. I leave Thursday to go to Denver for a few weeks and would love to have the new drivetrain sitting in there so when I get back it's just electrical and plumbing.