With two small kids I lacked money, but had time. So what to do? Clean, prep and do cheap stuff. At this point the actual truck became yard art, much to the chagrin of my neighborhood. Yea no HOA!
So I dug around and snatched up a Ford 9 inch for $150 bucks, a new gearset for free, a Trac-Loc for $75 and a TH400 for free.
I had never built an automatic before. Having said that I am an aircraft mechanic by trade and I firmly believe if human hands built it why can't I.
So a TH400 rebuild commenced.
"Gross Captain du-du!"
What have I done!
"Some assembly required"
A new use for an engine stand. For me at least.
I'm sure this is what Stanley had in mind when they designed this table.
Done! Except for that big missing piece. I had to replace it due to cracks.
With that done, I tackled the rearend, not that I had any intentions of installing it anytime soon. But it was good busy work because I had the parts for cheap.