8.8 swap
Well i was going to start pulling this thing apart to make my tube cuts, but 1/4" of solid crust blocked my way. Even if i intend to rebuild it, i'm not a big fan of dirt and crap falling inside, plus i hate working on dirty ****. If the bearings look good i will just reassemble it for now as its only going under my sons car as a roller/sitter for a couple years. Will get rebuilt when we start on his car project.
I put paper and a drain pan down. I scraped most of it off, then got out the heavy duty easy off oven cleaner and soaked the area. Let it sit about 30 minutes, then began scrubbing with an old 1" paint brush. Rinse off with a squirt bottle of water, scrub and reapply. I have limited time these days so i only had about an hour and a half to work on it. All I got done was get it cleaned up.
Today after work i will flip it upside down, go medieval on it with the heavy duty wire wheel, and primer the bottom. Then remove the cover and let it drain out. As an added pic, i stuck my blanked off VSS sensor back in to see how it all looks with the ears cut off. I think it looks great.
I intend to put the 3L73 tag and the diff oil information tags back on when i put the cover back on. Just going to trim them down to remove the excess numbers on them.
Well i was going to start pulling this thing apart to make my tube cuts, but 1/4" of solid crust blocked my way. Even if i intend to rebuild it, i'm not a big fan of dirt and crap falling inside, plus i hate working on dirty ****. If the bearings look good i will just reassemble it for now as its only going under my sons car as a roller/sitter for a couple years. Will get rebuilt when we start on his car project.
I put paper and a drain pan down. I scraped most of it off, then got out the heavy duty easy off oven cleaner and soaked the area. Let it sit about 30 minutes, then began scrubbing with an old 1" paint brush. Rinse off with a squirt bottle of water, scrub and reapply. I have limited time these days so i only had about an hour and a half to work on it. All I got done was get it cleaned up.
Today after work i will flip it upside down, go medieval on it with the heavy duty wire wheel, and primer the bottom. Then remove the cover and let it drain out. As an added pic, i stuck my blanked off VSS sensor back in to see how it all looks with the ears cut off. I think it looks great.
I intend to put the 3L73 tag and the diff oil information tags back on when i put the cover back on. Just going to trim them down to remove the excess numbers on them.
