1971 Scout II - Update/Modernization Build

I picked up a set of these last night to help with the project...

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Now if I can just get abour 40 hours of time I could be in good shape.
 
Hope santeeclaws brings me a set a them dollies too chris! I been horsin' the s80 around in the shop on a dam floor jack and it suks when ya try and drive it all over the shop by yoreself. It's like parallel parkin' on the sidewalk in tokyo!
 
I got the old tranny pulled out last night -- and hope to have the new one installed tonight.

I used a chain and come along tossed through the rafters in the garage to support the engine and allow me to 'tilt' the engine and tranny for easy removal. Worked great, I will remember that trick for the future. Much easier and faster than rigging up the engine hoist and then having to work around it...

Silly question? What flavor of atf does the 727 like? I had one in the pickup a few years back - but do not remember what I used (and I probably didn't care in that truck :d ).
 
michael mayben said:
hope santeeclaws brings me a set a them dollies too chris! I been horsin' the s80 around in the shop on a dam floor jack and it suks when ya try and drive it all over the shop by yoreself. It's like parallel parkin' on the sidewalk in tokyo!
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I got mine under the truck a few days ago. Mine are the harbor frieght el' cheapos. So far I have been unable to move the truck -- there May be wheels on the dollies but they sure don't roll :icon_mad:
 
Goldie is correct (what tha hail does she/it know about slushboxes??), anything labeled dexron is correctamundo. I currently use that wallyworld house brand stuff in all my builds...the "source" is definitely a household name!
 
michael mayben said:
goldie is correct (what tha hail does she/it know about slushboxes??)
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When it runns outa the cooler on the radiator it don't work no more! And ya gota put some more in the top hole!, and I also know from personal experience that a quart of 30wt in there will substantially! Firm up the shift!!!!!, maybe that's why we had to yank it in favor of a t-19cr!!!

And I do know lotsa sheit! (also full of too!, but I don't have as much "experience" on that part as Mike does!)
 
Fabbed up a part last night rather than swing the fresh tranny into the truck...

So in swapping the power steering in I realized I was missing some critical parts and the non-power steering set up is far different. I need the pieces that go from the steering column to the steering box. The non power steering setup used the big u-joint then a ball and socket/bell joint type thing which didn't match up to the the power steering box at all.

My solution was:
ordered the correct borgeson joint from ihonlynorth.com then fabricated a u-joint setup to go from the column to the borgeson.

I cut the input end off the non ps box (which matched the input splines on the borgeson joint) and cut the ball/bell joint off the big u-joint. Beveled the edges of the shafts - butt welded them together - hit it with the grinder to keep the diameter about the same at the weld. Slipped a piece of tube over the welded area - welded it on tight.

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I see no way that this is any less safe than a rag joint. Two of the three welds would have to fail to have it come apart. It is all now a solid connection from the steering wheel to the steering box.
 
Progress update:

got the new tranny stuffed in -- did the 727 bench press to get it in place. Bad idea for the record. Got all the lines reconnected, linkage adjusted (I think, I haven't actually run it).
Got the power steering back together minus the crank pulley and belt.

Hope to get a few more things done today -- but I had to take a break and eat...
 
chris pucci said:
I prefer the white disposable latex gloves to the blue, Mark young "I'm gonna cut you b$%ch", gloves. Way cheaper and as fast as I tear them a much better idea...
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I thought maybe you were a vampire....:dita:


chris pucci said:
progress update:

got the new tranny stuffed in -- did the 727 bench press to get it in place. Bad idea for the record. Got all the lines reconnected, linkage adjusted (I think, I haven't actually run it).
Got the power steering back together minus the crank pulley and belt.

Hope to get a few more things done today -- but I had to take a break and eat...
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Eating slows us all down. Some of us more then others...:gringrin: sounds like you made great progress even with the eating...that tranny bench press sucks!! I'm not even looking forward to the range box/t-case press that will happen soon under uber Scout....:gringrin:
 
chris pucci said:
progress update:

got the new tranny stuffed in -- did the 727 bench press to get it in place. Bad idea for the record. Got all the lines reconnected, linkage adjusted (I think, I haven't actually run it).
Got the power steering back together minus the crank pulley and belt.

Hope to get a few more things done today -- but I had to take a break and eat...
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Sorry I forgot to throw the tranny adapter for a floor jack in the trailer chris! Dam thang works purdee guud.

Too late now, I just wasn't thunkin'...
 
michael mayben said:
sorry I forgot to throw the tranny adapter for a floor jack in the trailer chris! Dam thang works purdee guud.

Too late now, I just wasn't thunkin'...
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It is the thought that counts. :d

I looked around the shop for about 2 minutes for something to fab together for a tranny jack but decided it would be way faster to just push it up into place. So 5 minutes later it was in.

And fyi your trailer is over at terry's. Thanks again!
 
Progress update:

over the last few days as temperatures permitted:

I got ther t-case back in. Got the tranny cover back on. Got the rear axle swapped around. Ordered some more parts.
 
This leetle glitch in the weather has kinda messed with me gittin' them pulleys to ya!

Hope the trailer ain't blockin' tha door to terry's outhouse.

Let's try agin as soon as the roads clear aleetle more. I got chains for the beater so I can "go" when I want to. I just hate tha "put 'em on/take 'em off" tapdance every 5 miles or so. Tha 'rango's got them snowflake tires so it can be pressed in to service, but them dam heat-generatin' seats are two dam foofoo for me.
 
Got some work done on the project.

Got the rear disc conversion finished.

Got the ps ready pulley bolted up (thanks mayben!!).

Got the rear hatch struts installed (thanks tracttractor (dan)!!!) it was a huge pain though - one of the nut plates that is spot welded to the hatch had broken free and fell off into the abis of the hatch when I undid the stock parts... I managed to fish it out through the latch hole. I then used a wire to fish it back into place and hold it in place while I spot welded it back together... So what should have been a 20 minute job took 2 hours.

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For the rear discs I used:

2000 dodge 1/2 ton 4x4 rotors (fit over the axle)

1978 Chevy 1/2 ton 4x4 front calipers and pads

1978 Chevy 1/2 ton 4x4 front brake hoses w/matching banjo bolts

8 washers to space the axle flange out to match where the drum brake backign plate would have been.

Aa-mfg weld on caliper brackets #aa-049d
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Easy peasy!
 
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