1As she arrived from Utah, purchased from Paul Rummell 2318 head - chamber above center intake port 3 4Dual master from Wildood 5LU-2 shaft 6NAPA 6021258 transmission mount 7/16" isolated studs. 7 8Frank Irons crossmember for M37 and NV4500 tranny. The crossmember was made from a piece of rectangular tubing (2 x 6 x .25wall) 9Tranny mount by Paul in (NY) 10Outside, winter 2006 11 12Taking measurements for Sal Rossi's crossmember. 13 141/28/2006 Engine back in frame. 15Tail of trans mission should clear 4x4 levers. 16Oil pan of transmission resting on frame crossmember. 17 18Crossmember will have to be trimmed to get the automatic to fit in. 19 20Short tailshaft 727 automatic. 21 22 23 24"I own a 66 Town Wagon and a 59 3/4 T..." View Comments... 25W100 front axle 26 27 28 29 30BRA 81530 Bearing Leg" $226.40 31Braden LU-2 part 32Driver's side steering knuckle 33 34Passenger side knuckle 35 36Warn Hub service procedure 37Warn hub assembly 38 39 401963 W100 front axle with Warn hub prior to installing Ray Suiter's disc brake kit. 41Locking hub removed by removing bolts and snap ring. Wheel bearing retaining and locking nuts will come out next. I bent up the tab on the locking nut that was bent over the edge of the first nut, then, using a cold chisel, unscrewed the first nut. 42First nut after being unscrewed from the spindle. 43Locking nut after being slid off spindle. 44Inner wheel bearing nut unscrewed using a cold chisel. 45Wheel bearing. 46Brake drum pulled off revealing W100 brake shoes and wheel cylinder. 47Backing plates will be removed for this conversion to disc brakes. 48 49Now's a good time to look at this while its all apart. 502/19/05 Frame sandblasted and painted. 512/29/05 Ready to fit in a 318 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 608/2/2004 318 put back together and painted, waiting for intake manifold. 61 62 635/22/04 Removed Bradem LU-2 for a rebuild before sending the frame out for sandblasting. 645/22/04 Big groove cut into housing by the winch cable. 655/22/04 Braden LU-2 665/22/04 Why is it that the last bolt to come out always has to break? 675/22/04 LU-2 Driveshaft and carriers. 68 69 703/07/2004 Dash components removed 713/07/2004 Heater and glovebox 722/16/2004 On the dolly, going in the garage. 732/16/2004 Closer view of the front dolly. 74 752/16/2004 Rear dolly, hospital gurney, wheels lock too. 76 772/16/2004 Brake and clutch master cylinders 78 79 80 812/16/2004 Driver side windows 822/16/2004 Passenger side window. 83 842/16/2004 Window frames removed 852/16/2004 Window frames 86Braden LU2 winch 87Braden LU2 winch 88Chrysler 727 Automatic transmission with short tailshaft 89 9024" from the front to the back of the tail housing 91 92 93Transfer case levers and bracket 94I'll have to see how this will fit with the new 727 auto tranny 9512/03 More snow 96 97 98Front of cab on jack stands. I will build a dolly to support this end. 9911/22/03 Lifting rear of body with an engine lift. 10011/22/03 Sliding a 12 foot 4x4 under the body and resting on sawhorses. 10111/22/03 Body sitting on sawhorses high enough to be able to roll frame out from underneath. 10211/22/03 Another view on top of adjustable height Stanley sawhorses. 10311/22/03 Body dropped down and sitting on four jack stands. 10411/22/03 Inside view. 10511/22/03 My daughter Christine, cutting the grass next door. 10611/22/03 Body mount 10711/22/03 E brake 10811/22/03 Steering box 10911/22/03 Engine mount 11011/22/03 Transfer case 11111/22/03 11211/22/03 11311/22/03 Why did someone tape wood between the support and the gas tank? 11411/22/03 Rear spring 11511/22/03 11611/22/03 11711/22/03 11811/22/03 Front body mount 11911/22/03 12011/22/03 Rear bumper 12111/03/03 Notice how they never painted the bottom half inside, behind where the side panels go on. 12211/03/03 Night shot after removing the rear doors 1237/29/03 Cutting out the plywood floor. The plywood is 49 1/2" by 82 3/4". 1247/29/03 Floor gone, gas tank exposed. 1257/13/03 318 on the stand 1267/13/03 318 rear view 1277/13/03 318 another view 1287/13/03 Flywheel, I'll tuck this away, as I'll be going with a 727 Torqueflite automatic transmission 1297/13/03 Bellhousing from the 4-speed 1307/03/03 Dropping the transmission. I took off the driver's door and removed the steering column to make room for the engine hoist. 1317/03/03 I wrapped a chain undet the transmission and around the shifter post, then removed the four bolts and slid the tranny out. 1327/03/03 Lowering away. 1337/03/03 Another view 1347/03/03 Pulling the engine, I couldn't get the hoist any further back because of the winch and bumper. 1357/03/03 I lifted the engine high to be able to roll the Townie back out of the way. 1367/03/03 Pulling the Townie back out of the way. 1377/03/03 Free and clear 1386/03/03 Got the driver side fender, core support and hood off before the rains came. 1395/28/03 Removed pass side fender, pipe on tire is for leverage to remove some stubborn bolts. 1405/28/03 I love the smell of PB Blaster in the morning, gotta get some MAPP gas. 1415/28/03 Little bit of rot 1425/28/03 Pesky bolt above headlights, no easy way to get that one out. 143318 Mopar, note blocked port in center of head. 144318 oil pan. Bad fuel pump caused gas to get in the pan, cleaned it out pretty good. 145318 Mopar 146Townie on the truck from Utah 147Spacious interior 148Comfy driver's seat 149Reinforced diamond plate floor 150Ceiling 151Side windows 152Another view 153Some liquid sunshine on the hood. 154LU2 winch on custom bumper 155Sweet! 156Little rot, fixed by Ron from Indiana 157Barn doors 158Third seat 159Nice dash 160No cuts, even a magnetic ash tray on top. 1611957 GMC Suburban - possble color scheme for the Townie
