I bought a 82 pickup, without the transfer case installed, and i am having trouble re-installing it. The two metal pieces that move in and out of the t-case are hitting the transmission and leaving me 1/4 inch away from bolting it up.

The truck also has a marlin l52 transmission, if that make things more complicated.

 

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I have no idea but I hope someone chimes in because next weekend I'm installing my new marlin l52 so I would like to know what's going on here, I would think maybe turn the input shaft some but I really don't know let me know how it goes good luck

 

is the tcase the original one ?
or did you just purchace

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it was given to me when I bought the truck yesterday, I can't find any id #'s on it, except where there is an "8" stamped into it.

 

can you take some pics of it ? .. just so we can make sure you have the correct transfer .. (hopefully we can tell bythe pics )



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both the t-case and trans are 21 spline, my concern is the two metal rods on the t-case that are above the input shaft.

Those seem to be the things that are hitting on the transmission, and they move in and out when I shift the case.

or the bearing retainer thing, with the single philips screw.