bulletproof?

[scout man]

Well, actually, yea. I tore into my "busted up" tcase today because I was curious as to the destruction inside. Turns out, there isnt any! Blew apart from the tcase while on the highway, drove DRY for 40 miles to GJ, and not even so much as a metal shaving was loose inside the case. The flanges on both the tranny and tcase are busted, but not even so much as a chipped tooth on any of the gears. There is no longer a way to bolt the 2 together, as all the flanges and bolt holes are busted up, but a new tail housing and tcase (both in the garage) and I am good to go! Unfortunately it is still a large project to accomplish, so it might have to wait till winter when work slows down for me. Here are some pics! I was hoping for "carnage of the month", but it turns out its not really that impressive.

[MelloYello]

Good to hear about the lack of damage. Bad to hear "winter" repair.

[scout man]

yea, it might happen sooner, but I am not going to promise it to myself. I have a ton of work scheduled for this summer (which is good), and we are also moving to a new house and stuff. Unfortunately this isnt at the top of my priority list. We will see though, I might get motivated. Also still thinking about doing a pretty major overhaul whille I do this work. I already have to remove/fix 3/4 of the drive train... thinking about going all out and just doing everything. Engine included. We will see how money sits this witner.

[Brad]

Great to hear the internals are good to go. I too am sorry to hear you are thinking of next winter. Hope you find some time sooner. If you need a work party let me know. I am happy to come over and provide whatever help I can.

[Rob]

scout man previously posted:

[scout man]

alright, well not really photogenically impressive. A big mushy pile of gear pieces would have been impressive!

[Chris]

Get out the sledge Steve!

[scout man]

:whatAreYouThinking:

[transplant87]

Hey Steve i found a good swap to put in your rig instead of burning through trans and t-cases. i think it cost around 300 bucks, it allows you to use a 700r4 and an np241 t case and they also sale the cross member relocation kit, not sure on price.

[Aaron]

You've got Latest Greatest Carnage Steve... Congrats (although this is one honor I could deal without getting).

[scout man]

Aaron previously posted:

[scout man]

Yea, I would love to fix the scout. unfortunately between buying a house and working like a madman, I just havnt had the time. Usually working like this would mean I would have the money to do it, but the house has solved that problem for me.

Thanks for the offer! I will let you know if I need your help or not. Need to find a trailer. One of these days I will buy a trailer for it, and a truck to pull it with... but that goes back to the money problem

[glacierpaul]

Cool on you guy's offering help, what a great group of people!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot wait to meet you all!

[scout man]

so i finally got around to pulling the old tcase off today. Here are some pics of the damage.

Notice in pic one:
There is a bolt in it, still through the transmission flange, which is now attached only to the tcase
The tcase is supposed to have a "Texas" shaped bolt pattern. There is a rather large chunk missing.

Second pic:
2 pieces missing from the tranny housing too

[scout man]

haha, thanks Pete. Everyone has to be good at something! Now if only I could figure out how to make this talent make money for me instead of losing money for me!

[Brad]

DAMN STEVE!! :what: That is just scary!