'65 Valiant Convertible: Mostly ignored for over 20 years
The 904 automatic I had set aside for this Valiant was up the hill so I went to bring it down. I noticed that it had water in the pan. It has been up there for several years, I can't recall exactly how long.
I have used transmissions with water in them and the reliability is inconsistent. Some worked fine, some slipped and shifted weird. I couldn't trust this one to be fine since I don't know what it came from or if it worked fine. I knew that it had a NON lock up converter.
I went back to Pick-N-Pull. The Fifth Avenue there has been a good donor. Last week I got the rear brakes. Today I got the transmission, The owner "Pepper" and Mike got the rotors, calipers and hoses.
This transmission was a bit greasy though...
It is a lockup converter model, not a bad thing since the Valiant will be a cruiser.
That unmachined nub on the input shaft denotes a lockup model. Also, being an '87 year model, this is a A999 model, meaning that it has the lower first gear, 2.75 I believe? The car had 2.21 axle gears!
A scraper, some gasoline, a scotch brite and a wire brush....THEN some Castrol Super Clean and the pressure washer.....
I can't put greasy parts in a car, man! I have to clean them up before installation even on a daily driver type car.
The 904 automatic I had set aside for this Valiant was up the hill so I went to bring it down. I noticed that it had water in the pan. It has been up there for several years, I can't recall exactly how long.
I have used transmissions with water in them and the reliability is inconsistent. Some worked fine, some slipped and shifted weird. I couldn't trust this one to be fine since I don't know what it came from or if it worked fine. I knew that it had a NON lock up converter.
I went back to Pick-N-Pull. The Fifth Avenue there has been a good donor. Last week I got the rear brakes. Today I got the transmission, The owner "Pepper" and Mike got the rotors, calipers and hoses.
This transmission was a bit greasy though...
It is a lockup converter model, not a bad thing since the Valiant will be a cruiser.
That unmachined nub on the input shaft denotes a lockup model. Also, being an '87 year model, this is a A999 model, meaning that it has the lower first gear, 2.75 I believe? The car had 2.21 axle gears!
A scraper, some gasoline, a scotch brite and a wire brush....THEN some Castrol Super Clean and the pressure washer.....
I can't put greasy parts in a car, man! I have to clean them up before installation even on a daily driver type car.