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5-8-2014
The 020 finally went out
I was leaking trans fluid between the block and bell housing and thought it was the input shaft seal or the pushrod seal. Pulled the trans last night and found this:
I had replaced the rivets in the diff with the ARP bolt kit 3 years ago. I also replaced the bearings at the time. I suspect one of the bearings went out and shot through the case. One of the axle flanges is wobbly. I started tearing into the case last night, but as anybody who's rebuilt one already knows, it's kind of tedious and time consuming. Got the case split, but need to pull the gears off the shaft before I can pull the diff out to see what's up.
I'll probably either fix the diff and have a friend weld the case back up for now or if it's too messed up I'll throw another 020 in just to get me through the show season. (020's are cheap enough to be disposable -it's more the labor of replacing them that sucks)
During the winter, I plan on doing an O2J swap. I just want to drive her in this nice weather for now though.