I have 5 working gears again!

[riotwarrior]

Well today I did my trans swap from the zf in my truck to the one I had picked up from Guy, and then had dropped and broke the damn Slave ear off and had welded.

I previously had popped off one of the PTO covers, drained it, inspected inside with light and checked the magnetic drain plug all of which was quite good no major debris or grit from fine grinds!

So I proceded to prepare the other day, by removing my skid plate and front drive shaft, along with disconnecting my electrical to my transmission and my tcase. I also loosened the cross member bolts and wd40 them and then tightened back up so they would be easy today.

Now ya'll know me enough to know I gone dun took bout oh...I dunno maybe 45 pictures of the overall job so guess I'll do a trans re n re tech and submit it to tech section.

I checked my clutch and get oh not sure but 1/2 -3/4" movement on flywheel DMF stock. it's a velao clutch too. I wanted to replace throw out bearing however it was quite good so I cleaned and lubed the slide portion.

All in all it went quite easy. I never even jacked up the truck. However I"m prone to doing things harder not smarter sometimes.

I did have my trans jack and my friends shop. Job took me bout 4 3/4 hours overall with pics and breaks by my self.

I'm pleased to say that upon initial driving it's a swap worth while, I have THIRD gear again, both loaded going uphill and backloaded going down hill. My old trans had no 3rd gear what so ever!

Guy is ok with me taking a few days to determine it's worthiness and I hope it is well worth it as I am tired of 2nd scream to drive or 4th lugging to drive in town or up moderate hills.

If all good. next is put back front drive shaft and tcase linkage and electrical

So I'm uploading pics as I type and I think I'll ponder a Tech 101 ZF trans swap, or not.

Al

 

[GOOSE]

Its like having a brand new truck all over again.

 

[riotwarrior]

Its like having a brand new truck all over again.

Well considering 3rd never really worked from the getgo on this rig, it's like a whole new ride to me. Drove to Penticton this eve and all around town and had to use 3rd lots worked very nice.

Transmission is extremely quiet, no significant noises or anything, shifts nice, both up and down shift, holds all the gears correctly both under acceleration and deceleration.

Previously when I had 3rd it would go in under acceleration and some times just pop out on coast, but always when deceleration it would pop out till it would no longer go in what so ever!

Well I gotta dig out the thread about what we are gonna do to our rides now that weather has changed and knock that transmission job off the list, or mark it CHECK and DONE!

So this will end up costing me $400.00 for this transmission. Nice deal for what I have I think!

Now to find a PTO and get that on there for winch etc!

 

[icanfixall]

Yes... It must be nice having choices again at your finger tips. 5 is a good number to choose from too...

 

[riotwarrior]

Yes... It must be nice having choices again at your finger tips. 5 is a good number to choose from too...

Well today, I had to go to Penticton again, for Rope Rescue practice for pre course training...Which BTW was sum super fun to be had. I did a small belay over an edge straight down a vertical face. I had so much fun I wanted to go over n over..

So I get to PENSAR's hall for practice... http://bcsara.net/group_profile.php?gid=66 and http://bcsara.net/group_profile.php?gid=66

BIG NOTE on door,

Rope practice up Carmi across from Lost Moose Lodge http://www.lostmooseresort.com/ so we are across the road from their entrance. This would be an area I know quite well and used to mountain bike all around oh bout 20 years ago. It was a field practice not a hall practice which was nice. I am quite thankful for the help of this group!....but I digress...

So the trip up that hill is quite a long steep road with lots of switch backs and such. Well prior to the transmission swap I'd a been screeming in 2nd or chuga chuga lugga in 4th. So on the way up, I rowed the gears up n down lots to see how this transmission performed. Then on the way down same thing, lots of 2-3-4-3....-2-3 lots of shifting and I have to say this sure is a tight nice shifting transmission. I'm sold I'll be paying Guy for this for certain.

I love my truck again and a whole lot more....next redo both diffs, add Carrier pump, and Racor and well...cab swap someday soon!

Thanks for reading...

Loving 5/5 gears compared to 4/5ths

Al

 

[icanfixall]

Glad you had a great day and a fun drive using all the gears. When things work right many other things seem to vanish... Funny how that happens..