DrFishbone
SCCoA Member
So...power steering rack is replaced, transmission and engine are back together and installed.
I had a major hang-up this weekend though. I went to drain the remaining fluid out of the new-to-me transmission and found a LOT of metal junk - including shavings - on the drain plug magnet. Removed the top cover and after checking the synchro gaps (all 0.8mm or more), I found the issue - one of the middle partition bolts had backed out and was riding against the face of 5th gear, the hex part of the bolt was worn down about 1/2 way. Also found the top bolt (closest) was also working it's way loose. Without the time or proper tools to disassembly the transmission and torque is properly, I opted to tighten in-place, which required a crow's foot wrench and 1/4" drive ratchet for the lower bolt. I tried to get a little bit of loctite on the threads of each in hopes that would help keep them from backing out again. The other bolts I could check were a least 14ft-lbs.
Finally got that snugged-up last night and got the transmission dropped in, then the engine. For some reason, my motor mounts don't line up very well anymore. They want the motor/transmission to rest about 1/2" further back than most SC combos I've worked on. It takes some ulling / aligning to get the motor mount bolts in.The transmission mount stud rests at the very back of the crossmember slot. I had noted header fitment issues that I believe are caused by this earlier, so I suspect I'll need to figure this out and fix it. I'm thinking that I need to slot the holes for the motor mounts, which will let me pull everything towards the front of the motor a little bit.
Anyways, things are coming along. Hopefully I'll be able to start up this long weekend!
I had a major hang-up this weekend though. I went to drain the remaining fluid out of the new-to-me transmission and found a LOT of metal junk - including shavings - on the drain plug magnet. Removed the top cover and after checking the synchro gaps (all 0.8mm or more), I found the issue - one of the middle partition bolts had backed out and was riding against the face of 5th gear, the hex part of the bolt was worn down about 1/2 way. Also found the top bolt (closest) was also working it's way loose. Without the time or proper tools to disassembly the transmission and torque is properly, I opted to tighten in-place, which required a crow's foot wrench and 1/4" drive ratchet for the lower bolt. I tried to get a little bit of loctite on the threads of each in hopes that would help keep them from backing out again. The other bolts I could check were a least 14ft-lbs.
Finally got that snugged-up last night and got the transmission dropped in, then the engine. For some reason, my motor mounts don't line up very well anymore. They want the motor/transmission to rest about 1/2" further back than most SC combos I've worked on. It takes some ulling / aligning to get the motor mount bolts in.The transmission mount stud rests at the very back of the crossmember slot. I had noted header fitment issues that I believe are caused by this earlier, so I suspect I'll need to figure this out and fix it. I'm thinking that I need to slot the holes for the motor mounts, which will let me pull everything towards the front of the motor a little bit.
Anyways, things are coming along. Hopefully I'll be able to start up this long weekend!
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