Here is the culprit centering ball welded itself into molten metal cardan joint broken
When I first got under the truck I lifted on the t case and the entire tailhousing wobbled I was like “whoa”
First though how the hell did he make it home
only thing holding tailhousing to trans was the mount and the tailhousing has a lip that rests inside the trans case
Old tailhousing no signs of cracks or anything
One bolt broke inside case was super easy to extract. As Brett pointed out to me, once they are no longer clamping anything they are just threaded in no force
How the heck do you pop 6 bolt heads and no damage to anything else? How the??
Went back together just like new
Test drive the trans is really really really good
6 new quarts of Mercon v (valvoline multi vehicle) and a new wix filter in the pan
Truck looks killer with line x and cosmetic upgrades
Stupid valvetrain!! Where is the oil going? Past the valve seals is My guess… we are gonna find out
At least on the 5.0 the heads do not have to come off to change lifters
Let’s hope the weather holds through October so I can get back there
Maybe next trip seafood and a t shirt