Out with the old
We lifted and test fit the case maybe 6 times through out the day. Parts of the tail housing of the r150f need to be trimmed, shifter hole needs to be opened up a little. Once was because this tab was hanging up the 2/4wd shift rail on the trans, even through it looks like it would work.
The biggest issue that is temporarly solved is that the shifters hit. A lot.
The hi/low shifter needs to be in the forward position, which doesnt allow me to go over into 3rd. We heat and bent the shifter a few times and got it to fit without the knob on the hi/low shifter. Im going to make a small plate that sits on top of the shifter where the knob would be and its just going to re locate the knob about 2" back.
Heres a shot of the plate and where I had to grind the tail housing of the r150f so the bolt heads will fit. Ill admit, I got a little carrier away on the right side, but there wasnt that much there to begin with. Haha.
The back of the case with the new tg mount. The internet was right, it all lines up. But the input and out put of the case are now about an inch back from stock. The front DS had plenty of slip so no big hot dog there, but in the back I needed to re drill holes and move the carrier bearing back. The case now sits almost entirely up above the skid plate, where as the v6 case hung down, so ill be modifying the skid part of the plate to be flatter.
Last thing, is its puking gear oil from somewhere. I havent really had time to look yet as Ive only driven it twice very quickly in the dark, but I hope I dont have to pull it back apart to re seal it.
Last notes, I did not hook up the spedo, as the truck is a electronic and the t case is cable. They make adapters, but I dont care its a trail rig. Same goes with the 4x4 light. The 2 wires on my sensor fell off long ago, and the new case only has 1 wire, so I just put a bolt in that hole.
Put the fender back on and took a few glam shots of my custom body work.
The gearing is great, but its not "marlin crawler low", but should work great for the bashing that I do. Crawl ratio before was around 40, now its 80. Adding another case to this combo would make it about 180.
moment up to their poorly engineered products. Its not that it was hard for me to shorten the shifters 2" so they'd work, its just frustrating to buy "bolt on" parts from them that i always have to modify to make them work. :rant:
