The Once and Future 712...(or: Witches Hat Brew?)
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:41 pm
When I bought the 712, the only major problem I knew about was an exhaust leak. While changing out the header, I broke an exhaust stud, the most inaccesable one. Figures...
Then I realized the clutch was slipping, and the engine was drooling copious quantities of oil all over the driveway. Somewhere in there I realized the clutch was slipping, and found that the center tube was full of oil. All in all it added up to a major disassembly and restoration.
Here is the guts of the 712 on some pallets:
Next I need to build a stand for the engine to give it a work-over. Hopefully that includes enough motivation for an EFI conversion:
I expect to get a lot of use from my blasting booth:
And my daughter has found an unexpected use for the 710 winch bumper:
Meanwhile, the connection between the transfer case and the center tube burped out a pint or so of oil, making me think that I need to rework the transfer case as well as the transmission (wobbly input and output shafts) as well as the clutch.
Anyway, the transfer case witch's hat dumped quite a bit of oil when separated:
Leaving quite a bit of oil in the central tube:
Given that all I was expecting was broken 4x4 locker and an exhast leak, the 712 has been a hot bed of surprises!!!
-Evan
Then I realized the clutch was slipping, and the engine was drooling copious quantities of oil all over the driveway. Somewhere in there I realized the clutch was slipping, and found that the center tube was full of oil. All in all it added up to a major disassembly and restoration.
Here is the guts of the 712 on some pallets:
Next I need to build a stand for the engine to give it a work-over. Hopefully that includes enough motivation for an EFI conversion:
I expect to get a lot of use from my blasting booth:
And my daughter has found an unexpected use for the 710 winch bumper:
Meanwhile, the connection between the transfer case and the center tube burped out a pint or so of oil, making me think that I need to rework the transfer case as well as the transmission (wobbly input and output shafts) as well as the clutch.
Anyway, the transfer case witch's hat dumped quite a bit of oil when separated:
Leaving quite a bit of oil in the central tube:
Given that all I was expecting was broken 4x4 locker and an exhast leak, the 712 has been a hot bed of surprises!!!
-Evan