Ok.. by show of hands, who's good a rebuilding 242 tcase!
I now have three
1) has a wobbling output shaft (bearing maybe) - the root of all my nasty vibrations
2) blown up gear selection, was originally jammed, then freed and seemed ok, until I put power to it, now sounds like a can full of marbles with no power to output shaft.
3) and finally one with what I presume is sheared pins on the planetary diff. 4wd in forward motion, and only 2wd in reverse.
Currently I'm running #3, and will be fine for my DD needs.
I would like to build on good tcase out of the three, but I'm trying to decide if I really want to tackle it myself, or pay to get it done right.
Hands up!