Saturday, my friend and I put the new (rebuilt) trans back in my drifter. It only took NINE FUCKIN' HOURS! Installing it back in the car went rather quickly, it was getting the other parts to work that took so damn long! Okay, The trans is back in and I decide to start and run it on the stands, just in case I have another failure like last time. With the shifter in first, I let out the clutch. Except for the crappy pedal (more on this fiasco later...) it goes well. Grab second, looking good. Into third, what's that grinding noise?. Whoops, better hit fourth,.... huh, that worked. Did you see the problem? That's correct! No third. Back under the car to try and figure out the issue. Everything looked just fine. After racking my brain for some time and trying a few things at random that yeilded no results, I came to the conclusion that the side cover was the culprit. Why? I couldn't tell ya'. It was a total shot in the dark. We made the drive back to the house grabbed the old cover and some shift arm seals to rebuild it, and returned, one hour later.... Rebuilt/replaced the cover and jury-rigged up this device for refilling the trans involving a funnel, 5' of 5/8" heater hose and a heater hose connector (there wasn't enough room under the car to easily refill it and the suction pump wasn't cooperating). With every digit crossed, I restarted the car, ran through the gears and Wa-La!, it worked! ???? What the F? Why this solved my issue, I cannot explain.
Next up was the REALLY soft clutch pedal. Anytime the trans is removed, the clutch m/c to throwout line has to be disconnected, requiring it to be bled when re-installed. Apparently, when we bled it after installing the trans, we bled too much out of the reservoir and got air in to the m/c, which is impossible to bleed out the conventional way. You have to pull it from the car and invert it, so the outlet is the high point and bench bleed it, then put it back. On my car because of the alum seats, you have to pull the seat out, climb under the dash and un-hook/re-install the rod from/ to the pedal. A right pain in the ass, I'll tell ya'
After all this crap, we finally got it right. A nice, sweet pedal, but it took over two hours to accomplish.
Lastly I had to pull the valve covers in order to have the bungs welded on for the hoses to connect to the breather tank, that I installed today. Once again, I didn't get to drive my car. Everything seems to be a "go". Next Saturday, I'll reinstall the valve covers and make the hoses. Then I'll run it to Meijers for some E-85. Will this be the majical day I get to drive my car? Or does more disaster await me?...... Stay tuned to find out!!!!!
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