Initial inspection of A500
At the very least a new seal should be put in the pump while it's accessible.
The shift shaft seals are hard to get to in the car just so you know.
If it looks wet or like it's collecting dirt around the shift shaft seal it would be a lot easier to do it before it goes in.
Also note that the A500 uses 3/8 cooler lines and the 904/727 uses 5/16 and the fittings are different.
On mine I swapped to the 3/8 all the way up to the radiator by using compression union to pipe thread fittings in the trans case.
It just made sense to keep it all 3/8 cooler line, though I'm not sure what the cooler coils in the radiator are.
You could also use 5/16 compression union to pipe thread to keep your existing lines I guess, but I figured what the heck and swapped it all.
One thing I noticed was once the unions were in and run for a couple of days they needed to be re tightened because they seeped a little, but after that one re tightening they have been fine.
At the very least a new seal should be put in the pump while it's accessible.
The shift shaft seals are hard to get to in the car just so you know.
If it looks wet or like it's collecting dirt around the shift shaft seal it would be a lot easier to do it before it goes in.
Also note that the A500 uses 3/8 cooler lines and the 904/727 uses 5/16 and the fittings are different.
On mine I swapped to the 3/8 all the way up to the radiator by using compression union to pipe thread fittings in the trans case.
It just made sense to keep it all 3/8 cooler line, though I'm not sure what the cooler coils in the radiator are.
You could also use 5/16 compression union to pipe thread to keep your existing lines I guess, but I figured what the heck and swapped it all.
One thing I noticed was once the unions were in and run for a couple of days they needed to be re tightened because they seeped a little, but after that one re tightening they have been fine.
