Resurrecting this old thread. Finally made some progress...got the trans out, did have to cut the butchered intermediate shaft. It was jammed up against the trans. Have the correct tail case and intermediate shaft and found someone to rebuild the trans. Dropping it off tomorrow.
A couple questions...since I’m at it I’m going to rebuild the NP 205 transfer case. Doesn’t look too complex. Is there a best place to buy a rebuild kit or just go to rockauto.com?
Other question...the trans cross member was fastened to the frame with nuts and bolts. There were no threaded studs in the frame. Some of the bolts were fastened with a nut that sat between the top of the frame and the bottom of the cab which obviously there is not a lot of clearance. It’s going to be fun trying to line up the nuts on the bolt coming up much less get a wrench on them to tighten everything up. I’m wondering if this is factory?
