Recent content by Slant6Racer42

Haha! Well, it is really appreciated. Seriously. Funny you mention motorcycle transmissions - as far as manuals go, other than a Toyota R150F and a Ford Model A 3-speed, motorcycle transmissions are what I have the most experience with rebuilding :). So that'll be my excuse!

I apologize I am making this post after I already posted another forum question (which has already been answered since you all are awesome). My name is Steve. I live in central California. I have been around a Mopar for most of my life. I cut my teeth learning to work on cars with my dad on our...

Thank you!! Man, that is good news compared to what my mind was thinking. I feel really stupid now because I wasn't even thinking about that. I was just sliding the sleeves around by hand thinking that's where they end up when in gear. If that sleeve had about 1/8" standoff from the gear like it...

Ahh, I see what you are saying. Maybe I need to get the tail housing on a bit further? It went on well enough and I was able to get that big snap ring in without much fuss. Here are the pics of the gearsets...I do not have the reverse detent ball in yet, but the reverse gear is slid all the way...

Let me post a picture here in a minute or so to make sure I have everything back in there correctly. I'm pretty sure it is, but you never truly know! I should have specified better - it is the reverse gear teeth on the 1-2 sleeve that are hitting the 1st gear on the cluster side. I can engage...

First time rebuilding a 1964 A833 out of a slant 6 Valiant. Between tips found here, the factory service manual, and Brewer's, the rebuild has gone very well. However, once I got everything back in the case minus the gearshift control housing, I was testing the gears to ensure everything was...