68' Valiant 4 door
and although traffic in l.a. sucks, it has some of the greatest canyon driving anywhere :steering:
finished the trans swap. only had one issue over the weekend, and decided to wait for monday to call CRT about it. the dogs or pins, or whatever they're called in the pump that the torque convertor notches slide over, got bounced around in shipping, and moved out of alignment enough i couldn't get the TQ in. Cope said it happens and i should be able to rotate that ring and get it back in place. i spent about four hours screwing with that getting no where.
so i decided to sacrifice the old convertor to the transmission gods :lol: cut the hub off it, welded on some handles and made an alignment tool. wish i'd thought of that in the first place :rolleyes: i've only done one quick test drive but dang this thing shifts nice.
and a shout out to the cheep harbor freight trans jack. i've always just used a floor jack but bought this knowing i wasn't going to have anyone around to help. sooo much easier
street car i can take to the track :thumbsup:
and although traffic in l.a. sucks, it has some of the greatest canyon driving anywhere :steering:
finished the trans swap. only had one issue over the weekend, and decided to wait for monday to call CRT about it. the dogs or pins, or whatever they're called in the pump that the torque convertor notches slide over, got bounced around in shipping, and moved out of alignment enough i couldn't get the TQ in. Cope said it happens and i should be able to rotate that ring and get it back in place. i spent about four hours screwing with that getting no where.
so i decided to sacrifice the old convertor to the transmission gods :lol: cut the hub off it, welded on some handles and made an alignment tool. wish i'd thought of that in the first place :rolleyes: i've only done one quick test drive but dang this thing shifts nice.
and a shout out to the cheep harbor freight trans jack. i've always just used a floor jack but bought this knowing i wasn't going to have anyone around to help. sooo much easier
