The new snap ring not fitting is a known problem with the ring that comes with the import bearings. Thickness and inner diameter is ok, but the OD...
Look here - http://www.earlycj5.com/xf_cj5/index.php?threads/144701/#post-1608575 Old Time understands these issues better than I do. There are...
Who supplied the new input shaft? Apparently it's not the same as the original, and that's your problem. You may be better off to junk the T-18...
I used broken rubber bungies. IME not thickness critical. I'd imagine non-absorbent is better. Whatever traps the least water.
What did your T-18 come out of?
Typical bed rust. Large patches over the bed seams. '78-79ish. Might be worth $2000 if a manual, or better a 4-speed. An automatic with the 258 is...
Sorry to bring too much personal experience to this. I have been up the canyon many times, and my sister had high school friends with property in...
Interesting. I would expect axles to break first.
Yes.
How about someone mixed gears with the wrong bevel angles? (They call it pressure angle). Both tooth count and bevel angle matter. The wrong gears...
If you have the old cable, you can compare to the replacement. That's the first thing I would do. If you can't install the new cable, that seems...
Looks like a nice drive from Calgary to Falcon. Vacation-y. Maybe three hundred dollars in gasoline if you have a suitable car ...
Whoever made the spacers for Jeep had a rectangular punch that made something like a 1.5" x 3" rectangle with a .75" hole in the middle. They had...
The SM465 is a massive transmission, as I recall. A T-18 might be easier. You understand that a T-86 is a T-90 with a different case and some...
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