:bglasses: well I pulled out the auto trans today......:bglasses: and the 4 speed is going in.... good news the pilot bushing was still in the crank......:TU: :TU: :idea2: I found an interesting bracket behind the starter ..... and I don't know what it's for....o No: o No:
yeah and it still had grease in it......:beers2: uzzled: doesn't look like I'll get anything done today .......rain on my days off....uzzled:
What a fraternity :beers2: One of the best pieces of advise I can give is to dry fit (on the bench) the trans into the bell housing to assure the bell housing does not need to be reamed a bit as they can be tight. The next bit is when ready to install trans, use two pieces (about 3" long) of threaded rod into the two top holes of the bell housing to aid in sliding the trans in. The drivers side can be hard to reach to remove once the trans is in, so do not thread it in more than a few threads in :TU: Once trans is seated tight to the bell housing, replace threaded rod with the bolts1 DO NOT USE THE BOLTS TO PULL THE TRANS INTO THE BELL HOUSING. http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=166260
And, if the tranny won't seat in the bellhousing, attach the clutch linkage and have someone press the pedal while you wiggle the tranny. DO NOT force it in, as others have said. You WILL break an ear off the transmission....ask me how I know......ou:
finally a break in the weather....took the flex plate off and installed the flywheel,clutch and the bell housing.... so far so good..... :idea2: hopefully the trans will be in tomorrow...:TU: :TU: :TU:
Awesome! I started my 4 speed conversion on Saturday. Ordered all missing pcs. yesterday. Looking forward to hearing about your progress. DOC
Mark , what fly wheel did you use? For my swap, I found an OEM that I had resurfaced and noticed it had been externally balanced at one point to the engine it came off of. I took it to my machine shop and match balanced it to the SFI flex plate I had balanced my engine with when I rebuilt it so I would not have a terminal / fatal vibration....just curious what you did :TU:
thanks for the interest.... :Brow: mine was easy, I got most of the parts when I got the car.....the hole was there, the pedals were still in even the clutch start switch was still hooked up.....:TU: :TU: :TU:
well that was a stupid statement... the trans is in,shifter all the linkage went right in...no problem.... put the z bar in....:rant: it fits like $hit.....tighten it up....its too far away the grease fitting hits the brake distribution block and the adjustment rod not even close...did a little bending....not much better.....:rant: kind of wondering about the z bar frame mount....that was a repro I'll mess with it some more tomorrow....