Tony brought his mule and his new 2AO-42 crate engine down today for a simple engine swap. As I was getting the old engine ready to come out, I pulled the bell housing plug and 2-3 gallons of transaxle oil came out! So, the axle shaft seals are shot and the rear axle ring gear and the right axle housing has to come off since the seal is installed from the ring gear side. All three of the seals were hard and leaking and will be replaced. I won't start the engine changeover until the axle housing is back together.
The lift paid for it's self again! No sore back!
I got lucky and all the right frame tube bolts came loose, which is really unusual for me!
Everything came apart much better than I expected, and all the bearings, races and gears are in excellent shape, so seals and gaskets are all that will be needed.
The CJ3B project had to move under the carport until this mule is finished.
