what is the eta on the tranny?

 

saturday i get a day off. hopefully ill have someone watchin my lil one.

 

yeh hurry up man joey's is fixed mines fixed hell JMC should have a new clutch in soon lol

 

good riddance, I thought I could handle an engine swap but the amount of frustration you go through seems a lot to handle. I too don't know much about vacuum and vacuum lines unless it goes to the 4wd. Problems with removing my bed (i.e. boltheads shearing off leaving bolt stuck in, etc) stopped me from doing a body lift. I laughed when I read you were frustrated and did not want to remove your dash...you just swapped an engine guy! haha. I stopped reading at about page 6, I'll start a few pages back and go from there to see where you are at now. If not give me a rundown.

But I do have a question, what kind of cars are you keeping up with? Can you describe the power, in some way shape or form (maybe, she breaks loose all day in first and second, chirps 3rd, etc)?

 

lol faster, im seriously hoping i get er done sat. at least the major part, i could live with having to blow my lines out another time like sunday morn and hook my new trans cooler up then.

josiah, the reason i was frustrated not wanting to tear into the dash is cuz its only 10 years old and its brittle plastic. it all seems pre broken for me or breaks just cuz i touched it! lol

as for the cars ive kept up with, the only one that gave me a real run was a new body saleen mustang. i let him get in front of me since i had traffic in my lane. but he never got any further than the initial jump from 70mph to idk lol

oh and forgot, the tires dont stick in first if i stab at it at all. i had a heavy load on it, still got it to break loose, im talking about 3 cord of wood on a trailer plus my payload. 2nd usually chirps (im locked up in the rear.)

 

spent last hour or so putting the trans up in place. i need food and a few hrs of sleep. poor daughters sick and keeping me up lol

 

haha gladd u got it up in there!

 

yea josiah... mines about the same way, it will spin in first no matter what speed i floor it, 2nd is a quick little kick sideways, unless i nail it from a dig, then it spins through second till about 60mph

 

joey, u just use silicone betwn t-case and trans this time too? i dont wanna make a trip to town for a "special" gasket.

 

my tranny guy gave me a new gasket. id say silicone is fine, just be a mess if you have to tear it apart again

 

hmm, my guys a *****.. lost a nut, gave me a mercury trans housing, and didnt gimme a f'n gasket... silicone it is then! i have some sensor safe stuff i been itchin to try lol

 

a mercury transmission case? why.. was ur stock one ate up by the gears rubbing? what was the failure on yours

 

i dont remember the reason he gave me, but he did hand me all the other parts. lots of wore out shiat.

main failure was foreward clutch's and the drum or whatever?


trannys all ready except for the cooler... i cant find anyone who knows what im looking for... nobody open today stocks any kind of hydraulic fittings.

 

yeh your gonna need to go to a hyd shop for those. what all do u need.

 

fitting to the male fitting on cooler. from 5/16 tubing to 3/8 barb from the looks of things