More grease, water sludge, fuel cavity
Stripped engine
Stripped engine front
Stripped engine side
Stripped engine top
Stripped engine top
Engine from the rear
distributor cap and wires
bird nest
rollcage and tub
tranmission and transfer case
dana 300, way dirty
transmission
more transmission
clutch housing
engine front
front view of jeep
tub and cage
Today Greg and I removed the tub from the frame. We nearly broke both our backs trying to wrestle the thing around. Anyways, we got the tub off an put it in my garage. Currently the tub is holding the rollage and a handful of parts. I am focusing on the engine and chassis as per the schedule right now.
As far as the schedule, I have already slipped. I have not completed the welding because I was unable to obtain the steel that I need over the weekend. I included the schematics of the rollcage tie ins in my last post. I will also be welding in the mid-body mounts.
Today I accomplished the following:
Built welder extension chord.
Removed tub from frame
Stripped engine down to core components
Created hand drawn wiring and vacuum diagrams
Found a lot of scary sludgey rust in the cooling system
I took a lot of pictures of just the frame and chassis.
This week I have the welding, and chassis/engine painting to catch up with. I will also be fixing the poppet balls in the shift lever housing and just general all-around degreasing.
Once all this is done, I will dump fluids in the transmission/transfer case/differentials.
I included picture of the rust bomb of an engine.
