Engine, Transmission, Transfer case -- Part 1

The engine.  It has mostly been ignored up until now, and sadly, it probably won't get much attention for a few months after this.  Since I had the space with the frame being out for sand blasting I decided to break the engine, transmission, and transfer case apart.

I've had it sitting in the engine hoist since it was pulled off of the frame.  It is long over due to get moved to an engine stand.  First thing was to pull the transfer case off of the transmission. 

  

It was pretty simple to pull it off.  Remove 5 bolts, give it a pull, and it slipped right out of the transmission.  

  

I haven't done a thorough look through of all the gears yet but at first glance they appear to be in good shape.  

Next up was taking the transmission off of the bell housing. Four bolts and it popped right out.  

   

Bell housing off of the engine.  

  

  

Next it taking the clutch plate off the fly wheel

And then take the fly wheel off of the engine

  

I used gray spray paint to mark the crank shaft and fly wheel so I can pull them back together exactly how they were before.  Not sure it'll matter since the hole block is gonna get pulled apart.

Finally I put the engine up on the engine stand.  

  

I think my New Years resolution this year will be to make my blog post right after doing the work.  Right now I almost always put at least a few weeks between working and posting and by that time I forget all of the little details of what  I did.  Since the whole point of this blog it to help me remember how to put this Jeep back together it makes sense to make the posts sooner.