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Picked this running truck up for $300.

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Pulling the engine out of the parts truck.

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It's visible how long it took me to get the engine from the truck to the back of my Bronco. The pre...

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After the drive shafts were out, the first major component I removed was the transfer case.

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Next out was the transmission and tail shaft. The shifter is a spring loaded setup where you have t...

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With the transmission, transfer case, and mat removed, next up was the floor pan.

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Not easy to remove. The bolts were simple enough, but it's glued on with some pretty heavy duty sea...

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Loading parts up in my Bronco to take home. The truck is at my brother's house.

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While walking back and forth from the truck to the Bronco, a random passerby crawled in and made him...

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Transmission on the back of the Bronco. It's tall.

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Tools all set up and ready for the big project.

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Removing the clackity clackity engine. Not sure what it's issue was (it had great compression, ran ...

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Home and ready to go in.

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Pulled the cover off to check out the gears. Made the mistake of not checking to be sure it was in ...

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The shifter for the SROD is a bit easier to remove. Just two bolts and none of the difficult spring...

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Shifter and boots removed.

This picture also shows the difference between the SROD and NP435 setup....

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Old transfer case removed from the Bronco. The chain was starting to slip in this one so, for now, ...

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The SROD is out. A very small and light weight transmission. I used the transmission jack I bought...

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The hydraulic bell housing. I could have left my mechanical clutch linkage in place and just bolted...

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The teeth look nice and clean. No chips, and everything moves smoothly.

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Disconnected the transfer case from the transmission. First time I've ever taken it off, and the fi...

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Lowering the transfer case with the jack.

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A transmission jack is a HUGE HUGE plus in this project. I don't recommend doing it without one. L...

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The truck transfer case. I quickly realized that the tailshafts of the truck and Bronco transfer ca...

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The mechanical vs. the hydraulic bell housing.

Not much difference except that the mechanical just ...

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Another shot of the SROD. I couldn't figure out how to remove the tail shaft. Since the shifter is...

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The broken transmission mounts.

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Just finished taking the engine out.

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Thought this was a cool picture of a straight through shot of the entire drive train missing.

Can s...

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The size difference between the SROD and NP435 was crazy. I imagine the large gears necessary for t...

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Getting the NP435 ready to go in.

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The NP435 is MUCH taller than the SROD, so I jacked up the front of the Bronco to make room to slide...

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Getting the transmission into place to go up. I didn't want to mess with the crossmember (they're R...

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The transmission wouldn't fully go into place with the floor pan on, so I had to switch jobs for a f...

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Transmission bolted to the engine and hanging on its own strength.

A little deceiving in this pictu...

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I'm not one that's much for cleaning stuff up unless it's a mating surface. The exterior is just go...

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Tailshaft housing is now bolted on to the transmission, transmission and bellhousing are now bolted ...

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Time to swap the tail housings on the transfer case.

I hadn't been thinking, but as soon as I remov...

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Would be a great time to change out the internal speedometer ring gear if I needed to.

For what it'...

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The gasket that goes between the transmission and transfer case (the circle in the lower right) was ...

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This large C Clip is the ONLY thing holding the chain, gears, and tailshaft in the case once the cov...

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After the C clip was removed (a big one, so kind of a pain without the proper tool), everything else...

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The chain has NO lateral movement in it, so once the clip is off, you have to slide both gears on th...

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The other end of the chain, with the tailshaft. It lifted right out and there was nothing holding i...

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When putting them back in, the only thing to check is that everything in the hole is lined up. Ther...

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Both cases had this provision, but only the transfer case that was on my Bronco still had the magnet...

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Magnet missing from the truck transfer case.

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This was the biggest noticeable difference between the transfer cases. The TC in the '81 Bronco was...

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This is the different disc for the NP208F. No idea what the difference does.

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The shorter shaft is put in. Have to slide the chain around both gears and then drop both sides in ...

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There is no gasket between the two sides of the casing, just a layer of silicone. I scraped off the...

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The Bronco and F150 tailshafts have a different end on them. The Bronco has a yolk that bolts to it...

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I put the new floor pan in place and am going to swap over the front floor mat from the truck. Fort...

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The white insulation on the driver's side is some I put in last year after replacing the fully rotte...

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I trimmed the back end of the truck mat and the front of the Bronco mat so that they'd meet right in...

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Simple Green household cleaner worked wonders to clean up the shifter boots. They were covered in c...

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Time to put in the hydraulic clutch master cylinder. I've been nervous about this part since it has...

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The gasket from the master cylinder made a great template.

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Master cylinder ready to go in.

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I needed to move the brake booster out of the way to get the drill in. A circular metal saw drill b...

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Ahhh..... Master cylinder is in.

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The clutch and brake pedals, ready to go back in.

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My old clutch is on the left while the F-150s clutch is on the right. Much sharper and cleaner hole...

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The mechanical and hydraulic clutch arms have different angles. The hydraulic clutch is back furthe...

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The mechanical clutch rod had a boxed end on both ends and allowed for no adjustment of any kind.

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The hydraulic clutch had a splined end that goes through the hole on the clutch arm. The splined en...

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Once the pedals and rod are in, the clutch spring needs to be put back in. Unless you're The Hulk, ...

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(I tried zip ties but they didn't work)

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I first tried wiring only one side, but that didn't work either.

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After both sides were wired, it went back in easily.

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Back in place. One end goes into a slot on the pedal bracket and the other end goes into the fork o...

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Once it was in place, I used wire cutters to cut the wires off the spring.

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The splined end of the clutch rod.

After I tried it this way, the rod twisted the splines out of th...

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The clutch arm lined up nicely with the master cylinder.

I need to get new bushings for the arm. T...

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Well, after a few weeks, the throwout bearing seized. Wish I would have thought to replace it when ...

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Good thing I decided to pull out the engine to do the clutch, I found out it had a blown head gasket...

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Found an excellent technique for torquing down the flywheel and clutch. Put the water pump pulley o...

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New flywheel bolted down.
The old one had massive cracks in it so it was no good.

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New clutch and pressure plate tightened down and installed.

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