65 Barracuda daily driver
Long story short: The RTV didn't do a whole lot to stop the leak. Ended up making my own transmission diaper. Not pretty, but it works. The park lock cable snapped and I didn't want to spend 300 bucks and wait 3 weeks for one from Imperial Services. So I got this eyelet thing, had to shorten it on both sides, drill a new hole and crimped it the last 1/8" of cable that were sticking out. There is 1-1/8" between the park lock pivot and the bracket that holds the housing in place. The cable snapped at around 7/8" from the pivot and the groove is about 1/8" in, so that left 1/8" to engage. Probably not explaining it right, but it works!
Noticed that the shift cable is attached with wire and a zip tie. I wonder why, but I don't really want to mess with it, because it works. Just needs to be adjusted a bit, but on the transmission side.
Took her for a spin. Was pinging a bit, but advancing the timing helped. I'm a little confused, because I thought retarding the timing helped with pinging, but whatever works, right? Stoked to be able to drive my Barracuda again!
Long story short: The RTV didn't do a whole lot to stop the leak. Ended up making my own transmission diaper. Not pretty, but it works. The park lock cable snapped and I didn't want to spend 300 bucks and wait 3 weeks for one from Imperial Services. So I got this eyelet thing, had to shorten it on both sides, drill a new hole and crimped it the last 1/8" of cable that were sticking out. There is 1-1/8" between the park lock pivot and the bracket that holds the housing in place. The cable snapped at around 7/8" from the pivot and the groove is about 1/8" in, so that left 1/8" to engage. Probably not explaining it right, but it works!
Noticed that the shift cable is attached with wire and a zip tie. I wonder why, but I don't really want to mess with it, because it works. Just needs to be adjusted a bit, but on the transmission side.
Took her for a spin. Was pinging a bit, but advancing the timing helped. I'm a little confused, because I thought retarding the timing helped with pinging, but whatever works, right? Stoked to be able to drive my Barracuda again!
