Well acquired a cast adapter housing to replace my cracked aluminum one. Also picked up a spare c6. Not that I needed it, already had a spare. But it was a good deal. Thanks @alboy79 :thumb:

 

:thumb:No problem

 

J. F. R.!

:woot:

 

:rock:

 

It's out. The tcase adapter that is. Had to Remove seats, floor, and under belly cage and skid.

I need to get gaskets before I can reinstall. Gonna take 205 into work and regasket and seal it back up. Thankfully fluid that came out was clean and metal free.

Not sure how I'll get the 205 back in though. A lot of maneuvering to get it out. I'll probably kill myself in the process.

Putting a cast iron adapter back in place of the broken aluminum one.

I run a poly mount on the adapter for the standard mounting location. I also run a rear tmr 205 support. Hoping I don't have another issue. Next to cracking would be trans housing.

 

To win in a landslide in points, to win in can stacking, then to lose in paper rock scissors...... Totally not worth it :sonicjay:

 

I thought we were over this lol


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Mustache run = dumb lol


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:sonicjay: when I'm done fixing it :thumb:.



I think I hit my rear drives haft in the long crawl. Which violently pushed up on the drivetrain. When I came to a stop I noticed I had knocked the rear 205 seal out. And then when I was doing burnouts after the last course I noticed I was leaking trans fluid. I thought I was overheating the trans causing the leak at that time. But when I pulled up onto bounty Hill I noticed it leaking again. And looked through the shifters and seen the crack. It was only cracked around the top two mounting bolts. Why it wasn't leaking when level.

 

nice breakage. been there and it sucks. broke my housing on Golden Spike. talk about a PITA dragging out that fat pig :sonicjay:

thank god I still had brakes!

good luck getting it all back together

 

I limped my Explorer from the golden crack to moab a couple years ago. Thankfully I still had rwd and a winch lol. Surprised how well it did even in 2wd.

Not a good place to limp from, I can't imagine getting dragged out.

 

Back together minus topping off trans fluid. Replaced my front shaft bearing while it was out. As well as all the u joint strap kits.

Leaving the skid off, gonna build a new one in the spring. Found a off site storage for the buggy this winter. That's really gonna help with the Galaxie project having that space freed up. Looking forward to starting on that soon.

 

nice on finding the storage! have fun with the galaxie project :thumb:

 

Bragging rights competition is fun. :d:

 

Finally getting around to sending my strut in for rebuild. Hoping repairs don't exceed cost of a replacement :sonicjay:

 

Strut is in route back to me. Came in way cheaper then I expected for the rebuild :woot:

Feels weird, I haven't seen the buggy since mid December. Hope it's still where I left it :teehee:.

 

Bringing it to R&V next weekend? :naughty:

 

Can't, I've been working 65+ hrs a week (6days). Coworker is off for medical reasons for another month. So I stepped up to cover him. Otherwise they were gonna hire another guy. One month down, another to go.

 

did you have the tmr rear support with the aluminum housing when it broke? or is that something you are adding now with the cast housing?

 

I had the tmr support before the break. It was installed during the original build so I've always had it.

 

Bringing this thing home today. Hoping it faired well during its hibernation. I haven't seen it since December. Hoping the cooling system was good to me through the cold days. Guess I should of tested it before parking it. Hoping I don't find any coolant leaks.

 

Hopefully you replaced the water with antifreeze or else your stuff will be junk.

 

Of course it has antifreeze, I just hope it was the right mix :sonicjay: I'm sure it's fine :sonicjay: but still a lingering thought.

 

hopefully sleeping beauty is in good shape :thumb:

 

No puddles lol, but won't start :sonicjay: atleast the battery stayed healthy and I could winch it into the trailer to bring it home.

 

Well that's a good start. Kind of

 

Buggy wouldn't start. So spent the day messing with it.

Replaced distributor, relays, coil. Still no start. Well, I need to transfer the gear on the distributor from old to knew. Well my dumbass put the gear on upside down. Got that fixed. Buggy now runs. But intermittent won't start, and when acts up has no spark. Then a moment later starts and runs.

Then driving through yard, @feva4u noticed one wheel peel. Apparently I broke the rr 14b shaft at mustache run.

 

 

I have a new stand alone harness if it comes down to that


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Man that sucks. Hope you get it fixed quick.

Or I will take it off yours hands for real cheap :naughty:

 

I'll go a penny higher. :thumb:

 

good luck getting it ready.