mysteed Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Great build, very impressive and obviously a lot of thought has gone into it thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfpdm Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 It's time to do a real update. :thumbsup: So I picked up some nice steel angles pieces at lowes. Trimmed them down a little in case it turned on the bolt. Then freed the engine from its long bondage. Once freed it was quick to get mated to the tranny. I liked that so much I did it three times. :brows: First time I forgot the splash shield. Second time I forgot to line up the torque converter. And of course the third time was a charm. So now to fill this space. Almost there. Managed to ding up the lip on the firewall but that can be fixed. :doh: And after 8 years. Had some trouble with the aftermarket tranny crossmember but I made it work. Will still be awhile before it turns over for the first time but it is at least closer to that moment. :banana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Haze gray all the way!! Love it Chief. :cheers: No biggie, but I'd pickup a 1994 and up distributor and stick it in there, and you'll never have to pull it again unless the shaft breaks or the drive gear strips unlike the earlier one that's in there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfpdm Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Haze gray all the way!! Love it Chief. :cheers: No biggie, but I'd pickup a 1994 and up distributor and stick it in there, and you'll never have to pull it again unless the shaft breaks or the drive gear strips unlike the earlier one that's in there now. Thanks Mate. :cheers: That's one of the many thing I have to address prior to firing it up. Along with the oil filter adapter, harmonic balancer, ac stuff, etc. etc. :shake: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancheKid86 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfpdm Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Worked on some of the engine wiring and decided to clean up the tcase. Noticed some play in the output. Ended up being that the bolt was missing holding the flange on. I remember the guy I bought it from told me that I would need to get another bolt. Proceeded to clean. Noticed that a couple of studs to bolt it to the tranny are bent and wondered why the speedo locking clip was missing. Pulled it out to find a chewed up speedo gear. Figured well its plastic so if it was off it would get messed up but then I looked in the hole to find this mess. Not to happy at this point. I'm thinking that the guy I got this from was not 100% truthful with me. Seems maybe that the bolt holding the flange on came out while wheeling and trashed the insides. Now I'm debating on just using the other 242 that I have without the SYE, rebuilding this one, or using the two to come up with one. Two steps forward, one step back. :shake: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancheKid86 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 sucks that you got sold a lemon, split the cases and swap the output shafts with one another, and keep the lemon as parts and/or use the other 242 planetary as a crawl box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperiorMJ Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Nice and Clean engine bay and engine! Keep up the good work ! Transfer cases are one of those things when I buy one I always split the cases and check the condition internally! They are cheap and easy to rebuild with just a few simple tools! Keep them full of ATF and they will last a long time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfpdm Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 sucks that you got sold a lemon, split the cases and swap the output shafts with one another, and keep the lemon as parts and/or use the other 242 planetary as a crawl box! Well that looks like what I'll have to do. Split the tcase open to find the oil pump had exploded so I would have to pull this one completely apart anyway. Even though the metal on the oil pump is just soft cheap cast it still may have damaged something. I'll order a rebuild kit and rebuild the other 242 using the output shaft, chain, and tail housing from this one. Magnet works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragordie Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Amazing attetion to detail. great build. Any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackrabbit41 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Sweet build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionMJ Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Good to know it's a joke. :laughin: Keep up the good work! What's your background? Are you just a DIY kind of guy or do you have some experience as a mechanic? Either way it's truly amazing the attention to detail. :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briazz Manche Fu Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I'm late to the show here but what a beautiful build and large undertaking. Hope to see more in the new year. She's so close....... Great work and attention to detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I hope he's still working on this. He started the build when I was on here the first time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebigmj Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I was just thinking about this truck and the amazing work being done to it. I really hope it’s still being worked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchamakalit Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Another Bump in the hopes we get an update. This was always one of my favorite builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 @mfpdm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 OG epic thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 last login 9/5/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 anyone happen to have a phone number for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfpdm Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 I do but I can’t give it out to just anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdog Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 32 minutes ago, mfpdm said: I do but I can’t give it out to just anybody. Update available? Since you seem to be able to contact him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 The world really needs to know what happened to this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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