Before taking out the motor/transmission 30 years of oil and grease needed to be removed. Out came the engine cleaner/degreaser and a pressure washer. Lots of rust and grease stuff on the driveway.
This is the transmission and transfer case being removed. I separated it from the bell housing to make it easier. At this point I found a crack in the bell housing. That is another part to be replace. We will see what condition the gears are in when I get to that part of the rebuild. At this time the clutch plates were also removed. These were in pretty good shape but a new clutch will be installed anyways. It won't be as easy to replace when the body tub is back on the frame.
Here is the frame without the motor/transmission. The bell housing and transmission skid plate also sit on the frame. At this time the garage is getting quite cramped. A lot of boxes for work were being stored in there(boxes on left). These were eventually evicted and there is much more room to work. Finally the motor was put on a motor stand. This time around a four wheel motor stand was bought. Back when I raced cars at the local short track I had a 3 wheel one. It was prone to tipping over so I recommend spending the extra cash on this one.
Some of the original engine paint remains. They no longer make this color. It was a metallic dark teal color and quite nice looking. When this gets cleaned up it will be a standard Chrysler blue engine paint. Fun stuff I found on this motor is all the emissions garbage was taken off. Or more like ripped off. Will have to properly plug all the holes up. Also at some point something pierced the oil pan. They fixed the hole with caulk. The type you use in your bath tub. Already have a new oil pan ready.
In hindsight it would have been a good idea to run a compression test on the cylinders before removing. The motor ran really well and only had 87K miles on it. But I will find a way to run a test with it on the stand.
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