Back in the game!

42. After a long hiatus and the wife getting on me to get this POS out of the garage...jumped back in to start swapping parts. Did some serious scrubbing on the bell housing to get the baked on sludge cleaned up. My guess is the gearbox was overfilled and blew the shaft seal. It has been probably leaking for a long time...

Before...

After...

Needed to replace the input shaft seal and was scratching my head on how to remove it do it without pulling the gearbox. Looked up past posts on Toyota Nation and found a discussion on how to remove it. Used a self tapping sheet metal screw and drilled it into the seal, taking care not to scratch the aluminum housing.

Fit my flat bar under the head of the screw and gave it an easy shove...

...and shizzle...popped that baby out!

Nice...Toyota Nation comes through again!