WITW - Barn-find Final Edition

[MikkiJayne]

Missing a picture? Rear diffs are the same design between 5hp19 and 5hp24.

Gearbox... Why do people feel the need to sandblast these things? The end user is never going to see it, so why waste time trying to make it look 'new'? The end result is always that the steel parts just go rusty so it looks worse than ever



At least the pan is clean inside. This will go off to get powdercoated.



Nice and clean inside, albeit the wrong colour



I've filled the sump plug / fill tower with evaporust to clean this area up before it gets sandblasted, since trying to blast in here will be very difficult



Left to drain overnight. I won't be able to get all the red atf out, but I'll get enough



On to stripping the engine. Talking of stripping, the first thermostat bolt stripped as soon as I touched it



Luckily an M6 spline hammered in to it cracked it loose. These will all be replaced anyway



This engine is remarkably dry, which is nice. A little weep from the usual upper gaskets, but nothing from the crank or sump.



Most stuff removed. I'll flip it over and get the manifold and sump off tomorrow



Each time I pass the converter I give a few pumps on the oil extractor, to get as much of the red atf out of this as I can too