I Saved $1,000 By Rebuilding My Own T176 Transmission! Jeep CJ5 Rebuild Part 11

[@NickDowner]

You guys all rock! Thank you for watching 🙂

[@vikingwind25]

This may sound strange, but thanks! As a new Jeep owner of an 83 CJ5 I now know where my reverse light switch is located😀 I'm learning as I go but I know it will never be a Rock Crawler with its AMC 20, split axle so I'm happy getting through mud and snow. Thanks for your video!

[@jbcaplinger]

Found your Jeep videos and subscribed. I have a 1979 CJ5 AND a '79 CJ7, and no doubt I'll be doing pretty much everything you are. Great job!

[@acouplecarreviews1289]

Grunt birthday party “hooray” at the end just made this my favorite video ever.

[@NickDowner]

I'm glad you caught that ;) haha

[@bwcok7947]

That was amazing! Dad and I rebuilt the transfer case on the jeep when I was in 8th grade. I was helping but now I wish I would have paid way more attention then!

[@taylordowner686]

Great job buffing up those gear races!

[@seanpiper8825]

Awesome content Nick! Cant wait to see how this thing turns out.

[@NickDowner]

Thank you sir 🙂

[@Robert-vv9yg]

Nick, Great Video, But the music wasn't. I wanted to hear your comments through the rebuild. but the music was a little too much for me. Thanks for sharing, I have the same trans. and for some reason the forks wont move. They did a few days ago. and the trans is on the bench with the top cover off..

[@chuckshade7959]

How far did you install the mainshft bearings ? Just past the snap ring grooves on the shaft? They dont look like they bottom out on anything.

[@luciogomez543]

Excelente

[@shaunolson8913]

My transmissions was sitting in water for who knows how long, but I bought it with it like that. Now that I have the transmission apart, I've noticed that 1st gear has some surface rust and light pitting. Should it be replaced? The forums seem torn, like everything else hahah

[@juliocesarmaza8563]

approximately how long are the bearings heated to get the temperature?---- 2 mins? 3mins? thanks

[@juliocesarmaza8563]

Great !! Now with this help Is possible to rebuild a T176 myself.😁 Where can I but the rebuild kit ?, ebay? thanks!!! from Mexico

[@leonardwalters154]

Just a quick suggestion, seeing how you found some bad teeth in your transmission, might want to open up the transfer case and check it too, I can't remember if it is a chain drive or gear to gear, and it wouldn't hurt to reseal it, good job and good content 👍

[@NickDowner]

That's a great idea for sure! I also ordered a full seal kit for it since it was leaking everywhere haha thanks for watching Leonard! I appreciate it

[@leonardwalters154]

@@NickDowner I'm a sub after I seen the first one on the jeep, I'm love true amc's and your cj falls in that category before Chrysler f-ed them up

[@michaelyoung3337]

I was wondering what that was on my transmission, it is a reverse indicator! You never know when a little tidbit of the video will be helpful :)

[@NickDowner]

awesome :) I’m glad you’re learning along with me haha

[@johnmallafre5042]

Awesome build! What line of work are you in? In other words what is your background?

[@NickDowner]

Thanks Juan! I'm actually in cyber security. I've just always enjoyed cars and tinkering with them haha

[@kenmiller5954]

nice

[@GoogleAccount-pr8nf]

can you tell me bearing cast number's? i have one of them. 6209N C3. i need other number. can you help me? regards.

[@millstonejeepworx]

Great video. Getting ready to rebuild a T176 and Dana 300 myself. Where did you get the rebuild kit from?

[@NickDowner]

Thanks for watching Harold! Good luck on your rebuild. It really wasn't too bad... I had fun learning everything as I went. Just don't forget to buy a big bearing puller. I bought a t176 rebuild kit on eBay product #BK123WS and the reverse idler gear is from all state gear

[@millstonejeepworx]

@@NickDowner Thanks for the info. Mine is a 1979. Have the rolling chassis, a 304 V-8, t176 and a Dana 300. Going to refinish/rebuild the entire frame and drivetrain. Then start on locating a good donor tub or a replacement.

[@NickDowner]

@@millstonejeepworx that's awesome! Sounds like a fun build! Is the 304 in good shape?

[@millstonejeepworx]

@Nick Downer It appears to be. Was told it ran good. I'm going to pull the oil pan and heads to give it a good look over. If all looks good, I will just have the heads done, new oil pick and screen, and seal it up.

[@NickDowner]

@@millstonejeepworx sounds like a good plan! 👍 Best of luck to you! Hit me up if you have questions on any of the other stuff!

[@orockzman8757]

Looking great. Was the transfer case working good prior to taking it out of the jeep? Or do you plan on rebuilding the transfer case as well?

[@NickDowner]

The previous owner said it shifted and worked great so I planned on just opening it up, checking out the gears, and re-sealing it all up (the seals were leaky) but after cleaning it up while shooting the next video I found a bunch of damage on the case eeeek. Not sure what my plan is yet with that bad boy

[@orockzman8757]

@@NickDowner dam that sucks. My transfer case on my 97 Wrangler blew up on me. I ended up getting a tranzilla transfer case replacement and just replaced the hole transfer case.

[@NickDowner]

Tranzilla transfer case… that sounds interesting! How much are those? Would you recommend them?

[@orockzman8757]

@@NickDowner I like the transfer case it's been working great it has a little over 30,000 miles on it now. I paid around $1300 for it.

[@johnclark3498]

@@NickDowner the Dana 300 is strictly a gear-to-gear driven transfer case. If water hasn’t intruded the case and damaged any gears, they’re usually pretty robust TCs. Wondering what kinda damage you found on the case. They’re also pretty thick-walled cast iron, so I’d be surprised if there was something detrimental wrong with it. FYI - you can usually get a decent used one for $250-$350