Design, parts the same.The frame VIN points to 78. The engine is 79.
Afraid so but flip it upside down and remove the bottom case, the head can stay onThanks for the reply Gary.
That's an engine out sort of fix huh...
Yep..Is the last photo a stripped first gear?
Yep... Leave the top end intact, flip it and pull the bottom case half. Relatively easy fix.Afraid so but flip it upside down and remove the bottom case, the head can stay on
Oh joy.Twenty bucks says that's a symptom, not a cause. Xs trannies just don't do that.
It ran ok a few days ago, taking the state of the carbs into consideration.Yep... Leave the top end intact, flip it and pull the bottom case half. Relatively easy fix.
Otoh... any idea on how it runs or the history?
Since you're gonna have to pull the motor, might be a good time to freshen the top?
Good point - thanks.That is not just chipped teeth. Been mashed and ground in part to having already lost some teeth then kicking it over where the broken teeth were causing the gears to disintegrate, as pic shows.
I would b concerned. The small particles could b in the oil galleries.
Check the condition of the oil pump as well.
What does the sump screen look like?78 rear plug
For those who couldn't see the visual... there's a quarter inch of chunky sludge on top of my rear plug - proper fucked - as they say.
sump filterWhat does the sump screen look like?
Based on the fact that you have to pull the motor to fix the tranny and all the sludge you're seeing, I would probably pull the top end and freshen it up.Yeah, anyone's guess on the washer. Screen is torn. Look in Tech for a repair of that. All the sludge means regular maintenance... like oil changes, were pretty infrequent... but you probably already figured that out.