After driving the old girl more, it’s badly in need of a transmission rebuild. Once it’s warm 2nd gear is gone and is a real bitch to get into.
So I jumped into it and quickly realized at some point someone swapped a T90 in it. The war jeeps all came with T84’s.
Over the last two weeks, I’ve located all the parts to build a T84. Back where I grew up in Ohio, I local guy named Phil Nelson, has been buying and selling WW2 jeeps for the last 40 years.
I contacted his son Scottt who’s now running the family business, as luck would have it, they had a NOS Ford Script Case still in stock, Ford only offered F stamped transmission very early on in production. Needless to say it’s on the way, along with every part to build a T84 transmission
Have I ever built a transmission? No, but if the 18 year olds back in the day could do it. Well maybe I can…
I’m even found a slightly used floor plate to get it back to original on the floor
