Now that we're in February and car show season is kicking back up already I don't have time to have the Honcho out of commission. Hopefully I'll have it and Dorothy in Denver Comic Con again this year.
When I came across that parts car with a good engine (more info here) I decided I would put that engine in M.Y. and do a slower rebuild of its original engine.
While pulling the transfer case I found this hiding up above the crossmember:
Crazy that the Honcho's DS is so much skinnier than the GW one.
REDONE had stopped by over last weekend and was asking why the engine needed to be rebuilt. Showed him this:
Its got so much blowby its spraying oil up the fill tube into the air cleaner housing. That and the fact it leaks from every possible point, including coolant that leaks out of the center of corroded expansion plugs!
I checked the pump gear end clearance and got that put back together so the parts car engine is about ready to go, now to get started on the TH400 rebuild. (it likes to puke trans fluid out the dipstick tube) I'm going to make a trans holder similar to this:
With it being 77 degrees today its perfect working on jeep weather. More to come!
-Charles