Gear Swap with the Cheapest Parts I Could Buy: Good Idea? Maybe...
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- My Willys CJ-2A has had a major problem that I've been ignoring for years. Now I'm going to actually do something about it, so I went on Ebay sorting by "lowest cost first" and bought the cheapest and worst T-90 parts I could find. In this video I see if I can get them to work.
I'm not going to list the sellers, because I can't recommend them, and their names seemed to keep changing as their feedback scores dropped. All I have to say about this is "wow, how can they make these parts that cheap?" and "buyer beware! There's a reason they're cheap!"
The Bob Ross of wrenching
Happy little transmission....
The Bob Ross of cliches...
You nailed it !!!!
It's not a mistake.
It's a useful thing to do something else with in a different project. 😉🎨
True enough, but the bottom line I think is that he is master at presenting himself.
"When you're mixing and matching parts, you can't just mix -- you have to match, also." 😮 learning new things every day! 😂
petition for a new T-Shirt!
Love that quote
Always a treat when you put out a new video. And nobody would complain if you made longer ones too. Keep up the great content and thanks again.
I could complain
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I love his shop hacks. I want to see a compilation video on that topic.
I love the long videos
dude its already 48 minutes long please
I love the positive sarcasm 🤣🤣🤣🤣.. you’re the best !!
😂
I was just going to comment about his "in your face" approach to the keyboard warriors. 😅
Unbeatable!!
This channel reminds me of my late father… “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, if it is broke, just fix it till it ain’t broke anymore”. Life lessons 101. 😊
I owned a 1956 Willys CJ-5. It had the two shifter 4WD set up. It too was locked out of 2 wheel drive low range. My buddy had a 1967 Scout 800. It had the two shifter 4WD set up with the exception that it was able to be set up in 2 wheel drive low range. The owners manual cautioned against using it in 2WD low, citing severe damage to the rear differential if used hard.
I always enjoy Low Buck Garage. The dry humor, and the no nonsense non- technical wrench turning is a pure joy to watch. I eagerly await every installment.
Always amazed me was your source of parts. New and used.
I absolutely love the minimal editing style. You can tell that there's an effort to make it an enjoyable view, but it's not a high budget production with long scripting and a massive team bwhind the camera. This is what makes RUclips great.
No, it's not a high budget production. "Low Buck Garage" This applies on everything.
I could be the dumbest person alive when it comes to auto mechanics. With that said, this is another amazing video for both admiring Low-Buck Garage's engineering skillset and explaining something so well to a simpleton like me. Thanks for treating to us a great extra-long one this week. Hope you all have a great weekend!
This guy is epic in truck repairs. Like the BOB. ROSS OF JEEPERS
I am so glad he put a guard on the cut off wheel adapter. I've seen too many of those things explode to know you should always have a guard around those things.
Jeep with duals in the back? This thing gets cooler and cooler!
@Oz1111 Right? Now I want dual wheels on my Ford Ranger!
I don't think all states allow the wheel to be wider than the fender. Must that you are allowed before getting pulled over by the police and fined in worse case.
The reason they lock out 2WD low-range is because in 2WD the rear axle takes all of the engine power (minus what's lost in the gearboxes) and it's not dimensioned to handle the extra torque that comes with low range by itself, thus you can wreck the differential if you push it too hard. In 4WD low the extra torque is split between the axles, so the power that reaches each axle still falls within the differential's limits. But as with everything, as long as you don't constantly push it to the max, it's probably fine
Ah, mechanical therapy. I love every minute of these videos. Can't wait to see this dually business.
lbg your probably the best automotive/mechanic channel out there, every video is a must watch for me 👍
"apparently my bucket wasn't strong enough for a _whole_ transmission."
Words to live by.
I see lowbuck garage i click and like.. welcome back.
I click like too
One of the few youtube mechanics i absolutely adore. Sarcasm, knows what he's doing and allways interesting content. Much love from Sweden.
Hi James, Thanks for taking the time to get out another video. I may have told you I had a 1946 CJ-2A in 1966, when I was 14. I got it as a basket case but w/ my brother and a couple neighbors we got it going. It really was tiny compared to Jeeps of the day. It fit thru the woods pretty good being so narrow.Mine didn't have unlock hubs & no posi diff on either end. 5.38's, WOW I had no idea. No wonder it only went 45 mph! We never licensed it, it never left the farm. One thing it did was get saplings wrapped around the drive shafts. They'd get wrapped w/ so many the clutch would slip. I bought a cable setup from JC Whitney that connected to the distributor to retard the timing from the seat. When the timing was set to where the engine ran good it wouldn't start. It kept kicking back. It acted like it had a square ring gear on the flywheel. I never figured out to pull the choke and flood it to start it back then. I sold it to a deer hunter in 1978 for $300. Neat vehicle to cut teeth on. Lots of stuff went wrong. Huh. ben/ michigan
I love your presentation style and sense of humor.
hey low buck garage i love your solgan if your not having fun your doing it wrong
True
How about a part three on 2. Bucks keep for interior fix. And rear window end gate repair.....maybe good radio and. CB. INSTALL ALONG WITH. TRANNY FIX??
Careful, that milkshake doesn't bring all the boys to the yard.
You, you turned it into a dad joke.
Well done!
Prior to 1967 vehicles had emergency brakes, after 1967 when dual chamber master cylinders became mandatory it was renamed parking brake, Thanks for the entertaining video keep up the great work
Interesting, but I still see them as an emergency brake for all years that can also be used for parking. The master cylinder went bad on my father's 2005 VW while I was pumping the pedal to take up the caliper slack after brake work. The seals gave and the pedal went straight to the floor. If that had occurred on the road, the e-brake could have been a life saver.
Only recently discovered your channel, and since your last upload I binge watched the last 2 years of content.
And I had a lot of fun doing it, so you’re definitely doing it right!
The adapter looks like a Muncie pattern, common Chevy bellhousing.
I actually guffawed at your description of almost dropping the transfer. "I got that accomplished"
Have you been watching Jeremy Makes Things? He’s doing up a red Jeep too that was dragged out of the bushes and had a lot of rust. He decided to fit an electric motor but the electrical stuff is way too complicated for me. I think you’ll find those washers that separate the needle rollers on the lay shaft are hardened too unlike those junk ones in the kit that you swapped for the original. Love your channel. Cheers, Stuart 🇦🇺
Love the Jeep build with great tech and a fun dose of humor! Hucklebuck! Is my motto. Using what you got to make it work!
You and Peg from Zip Ties and Bias Plies both posting just one hour apart! What a time to be alive!
I'm confused about you're profile photo 😂
I'm here for this!
Me too
"I'm surprised I own something this nice" 😂😂 Love your videos, and love the long ones!
EDIT: Loved the teaser at the end, I can't wait for the LBG cinematic universe
We have all read the comments from keyboard commandos! I really enjoy your semi snarky pre- response. Understanding that somewhere someone is just itching to fire off a quote from their past (usually from a high school curmudgeon shop teacher) experiences. Those life lessons we all have learned cumulatively keep popping up in comments all over the internet, regardless of factual accuracy or not. In other words I can almost always recall (premonition) the comments long before I can read them in the comments section.
Adapter looks like a chevy bell housing
On my way home I was excited to watch vive grips new video then I turn TV on saw yours and well your first love your videos made my night better
"For Science".
I LOVE your channel - thank you for what you do, including providing instruction and entertainment to us.
Mate you’re a mechanical marvel, an engineering enigma, a vehicular virtuoso and a technical tyro. You also seem to know a lot about fixing things that go bruuum.
I have to admit I cringed when you said you were going to cinch the trans down with the mounting bolts, I've seen a lot of destroyed trannys over that mistake. I'm glad it worked out. I've never seen a CJ-2A with duallys, I'm looking forward to that video!
41:14 you should see what happens when it rains and your combine gets packed with mud that clumps up with straw on the flywheel. It's like the whole thing becomes a chair massage unit. My brother (who owns the thing) thought the bearings were gone. Nope, just the oldest brick mix made thing out of balance (cause a certain green deer company didn't think things through).
sidenote: 43:53 if you take a piece of acrylic and cover both sides with self healing 3mfilm, then you won't have the usual issues that plastic windshields have but still have a windshield. The film should last you a few good years before you'd have to peel it off and start from scratch. Source: mine has had it since they put it on the market, still works almost a decade later, just slightly blotchy and yellowed out in some parts.
MAN, YOUR PATIENCE IS LEGENDARY.
NO WAY THE 2$ JEEP IS GETTING A NEW TRANSMISSION THATS CRAZY
Did you say “new”?!
@44:00 That is the cleanest windshield I've ever seen.
yo make a 50 min video feel like a ten min one for sure some of the best content on youtube.
Commenting purely for the algorithm. Anything that keeps these videos coming!
I watch several restoration channels and not only do I like the tinkering on this channel a lot, it's also just your presentation, the humor is just perfect. :)
You are a genius with an amazing humour. Love your content. ❤
Ok, that sketchy guard around the grinding wheel mounted on the mill just elevated your channel to the best thing since *both* _Roadkill_ and *AvE*
Don’t work on anything bigger like I used to anymore because of a physical complication. Seeing activity like this being accomplished is SO EXCELLENT ! ✊ . . A concept I’ve always believed in - you do ! Yes , always keep those old parts handy for you never know when they’ll come in need . Older ? Yes , but FUNCTIONAL ! And ALOT less expensive than getting something for 10x that .
Absolutely love the "post-credits" scene on this video, haha -- you're getting better and better at storytelling the further you go with the channel!
Loving the budget transmission rebuild. I now know more than I will ever use about old Jeep transmissions and transfer cases. Thank you for this video!
It's refreshing to see someone working on and driving a manuel transmission. We are a dying breed. Excellent video! Thank you.
"You can't just mix, you have to match also" is some of the best advice I've ever heard. Great stuff here.
Good morning from Cape Cod ⛵ it's always a pleasure watching you wrenching. The amount of talent and expertise is impressive. I'm happy to see your Jeep really doing well. Thanks for another awesome video ✌️🇺🇲
Every now/then I'll hear or read one of those time honored sayings we've all heard for years. Typically, their origin and meaning is a complete mystery to me e.g.,
"Through thick and thin" - "Break a leg" - "Bury the Hatchet" etc. Even though this saying: *_"If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong"_* is new by comparison,
what happened at 27:47 gave some fairly good insight as to an example of what that may look like-cause/effect. *Thanks for another great video.*
“I’ll pay attention when I put it back together had me rolling!” 😂
Parking Brake vs Emergency Brake.
Before dual circuit brakes were a thing they were an emergency brake, they were the secondary system. Being mechanical they couldn't leak down, so they were also the parking brake.
Dual circuit brakes have a secondary system built into them. They effectively became a parking brake only.
There are loads of vehicles that you can't use a parking brake as an emergency brake, or if you do they are a single use item.
Excellent work... I couldn't help but keep staring at the radio delete hole, surprised you didn't make a neato cover for it.
MAN I could watch you all day every day. I really enjoy your videos and your projects. I'm much like you, except space, tools, time and knowledge.
"I'll pay attention putting it back together..." made me laugh 😆
Always happy to see another video, especially with old jeeps.
Bob Ross of wrecking is right! I learn more here than anywhere. Favorite RUclips channel!
The trans adapter has a GM bolt pattern. The small block v-8 was a common swap, but almost any GM engine would work, aside from 70s Cadillac (crank wasn't drilled for an input shaft).
You could use the term "handbrake" which covers both options and you operate it by hand so you'd always be right !
Excellent content as always.
Regards, Ard
Great watch!!! I learn so much from your shows, thank you!!! Very impressive!
I love the humor and good old fashion know-how. I'm having fun watching.
Just yesterday I was craving a low-buck garage video! Here you are answering my ask! 😁
It looks pretty cool with the duals.
Sir you tease us with that rear axle, I can't wait to see whats going on there
Great content, as always. I really love watching you wrench on stuff.
Great work. Once again your useful collection of gearboxes, etc. proves the adage: never throw ANYTHING away 😀
Awesome work and awesome jeep! Keep up the great content sir!
I ran the Spicer 18 T case in my old Willys, behind a Ford 302. Took that pill out so I could use low range in 2 wheel drive. Best thing I ever did for those jeeps. Loved that T case, never broke it and abused it steadily
man, what a gem of a channel. glad to have found it
Mustard and ketchup wheels with a hamburger behind the gears. A perfect story rolling. Nice shiftin'
The face at 27:24 is the face of determination and dad strength!! Love your content brother. Thanks for being you!
I love the sound these old jeeps make. The engine sounds, the rattles and squaks. It's so iconic
You have so many interesting vehicles to work on. A vast knowledge of how each one works. And able to relate the reasons why each is different to another. Thank you.
Hank Hills channel should have way more subscribers. His knowledge of repairing older vehicles is second to none and he needs to have his son Bobby on and also sell propane 😅😊😂!
The algorithm recommended the $2 jeep video and I'm really glad it did. You remind me a lot of my dad. He really wanted me to get into working on cars when I was younger, but we lived in Florida and the garage never had enough room for a car, and working on the hot pavement with floor jacks, I never realized it was supposed to be fun. At this point I'll never be a car person, but I enjoy watching you solve problems. I've also started emulating your positive thinking and sense of humor when things I'm working on don't go as planned.
A safety guard. I’m impressed with the simple design
Gosh, it never gets old watching you. The algorithm sent me your way a few months ago and I'm just loving it.
If you need any old Jeep parts there is a place here in Tucson that is a good source of good used Jeep parts and new replacement parts. I know the owner well and have used the parts he sells with no problems. His business is called Willy’s works. The business has been in operation since the 60’s. He is a very honest man who knows everything Jeep related up to the YJ models.
When your workbench is full of stuff the floor is used. The solution is to build another workbench 😄
That transfer case .... you made the right call painting it first (I'd use primer and paint later lol) but that ensures that no dust or grunge from the outside of the case meets the inside of the case .... keep that method as you did sir
Great info on the T90 and transfer case. I was amazed at how simple those old transfer cases are, compared to the case in my ZJ. And really neat trick on freeing up the u-joints if the caps are put in a little too deep, I have one now that is tight, so I'm gonna try that one! Also.......love the duallies on the rear!
I bought a cluster gear for the T-90 in my Willy's pickup in 1988. It cost $173 😮😮😮.
Somehow 16-17 year old me destroyed 2nd gear.....with a whopping 72 HP F-Head.....the truck weighed 4500 pounds though.
Great results. I had a T84 and a transfer case apart and ran into some of the same issues you had, James. Lots of fun and these Jeeps are so simple to work on.
the Mit-e-toyo killed me🤣
I'm so glad you put the gaurd on. 😊
What a method to your madness James.You can't hide the professor side of your character if your life depended on it.Our gain,salute
Let's take a second look at the gear lube specification. Sometimes the newer, GL4 had additives that can cause damage to brass synchros.
33:33 that major color difference in the backing plate in the area of the bent spot, means somebody has gone over that area with a torch. They probably tried to straighten it and failed.
Can’t wait to see the $2 jeep again!!!
Your channel might as well be called 'doing things right the cheap way'. Reminds me of my dad and grandpa, very cheap people on somethings, always took time to do it correct or learn how to do it correct though. Great stuff thank you for the content.
I have watched much of your back catalogue and enjoy them immensely...thanks and keep it up
That adapter is to bolt it to a GM bell housing. It's a keeper!!!
Excellent mix and match process to get that old best running smooth 👌
5:14
"I'm thinking the rust might be a factor."
* pictured the most rusty looking shitbox ever *
lol
the adapter is for a chevy trans. input shaft and aluminum plate are adapters.
What a lovely direct shift, I could change gears all day long with that
That T90 with the Dana 20 that was real rusty is from a 63-65 Jeep Gladiator or Wagoneer with a 230 OHC 6
It might've been a good idea to try and fabricobble the oil catcher for that gear. In my experience, if it's there, then it's there because someone fraked up in the design department and someone else fixed it for them. That gear is starved for oil. Just my 2 cents.
I been waiting to see the 2.00 wagon again. That's what brought me to your channel. Looking forward.
Puts ten million parts on the floor....my "this is never going back together" feelings intensify.