josephto201951
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ok I drug this thing home a couple weeks ago from a scrap yard and it probably should have stayed there but now the wife and I are on a mission we want this thing to work and work hard for us for a few years. Unknown to me when I bought it, it had dropped a valve in one of the cylinders. i have it pulled apart on the bench waiting on parts and getting what needs to be to the machine shop. what else should I go ahead and fix or rebuild or at least check out while i have it torn down. abt everything on it seems to have been rode hard and put away wet. I guess my main question is what are common problems that i can fix now so i dont have to a few years down the road. one thing i have noticed is there is an excessive amt of oil in what i would call the bellhousing but the rear main didnt seam to be leaking are there trans seals that should be replaced there and how difficult? I really didnt buy this as a restore project but it has turned into that. I just took a little gamble that all it needed to run again was some electrical work and this is were im at. just to say before i hear it a few times over i already know im gonna have more in it than its worth i just would like to breath a some life back into it.