Nope Woody, been puttin' everything on the back burner for a month or so. got to the point where every project was getting out of hand and decided to step back take a breather from everything.
I'm so loaded with oil in the bell housing area that I can't be positive if it's coming from the front of the transmission, or the rear seal which I know has been leaking for decades. Maybe it is over kill, but the fact remains that the newer ones did have a seal, must have been a reason for them adding it. I doubt of I'll be using the old gal as a mountain goat so maybe I should just forget it and just put the rebuild kit in.
I've been working on making my version of special tool J2669 rather than beating the front bearing out with a ball peen hammer and a drift. That 1.25"-12 left hand thread has been a problem but I got that figured out now so I can move on. Back when I was a teenager and didn't know any better, a hammer and brass drift was all I needed to work on a transmission. Of course now that I'm all growed up and much more knowledgeable I prefer to do things the right way!
Thanks for the input guys.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
