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Here's my newest hopefully not too boring of a question...
I purchased a rebuilt Type A OD Transmission in July 2012, when it arrived it was a mess, very poorly packaged for shipment, oil everywhere and the solenoid bracket was broken off but other than that everything looked in pretty good condition otherwise. As my story has gone for a while now I was attempting to get the car off to the body shop to be quickly painted :rolleye: 3 years.... ugh! I didn't take the time to do any real diagnostic testing other than just see if it would spin, the unit was bench tested prior to being transported so I was fairly confident it was going to work. Now after almost 4 years and the drama of the body shop (BS) my confidence is not quite as strong. I am starting to prepare for the final installation of the wiring, Slave cylinder etc., after finding the water in the engine I am just hoping nothing as far as the clutch & transmission has been damaged from sitting at the body shop, apparently out in the weather or from the goonies who worked at the FBS.
I am reading the Buckeye notes to learn more about these beasts, this would be a good book on tape narrated by Randall I think? :highly_amused: I was wondering if you all had any suggestions on testing procedures, if you think I should pull the transmission out to inspect the clutch etc. or just go forward and pray it's gonna be fine? When I put the drive train together I replaced everything; bearings, clutch disc, pressure plate, shaft pin EVERYTHING possible! Plus I had the fly wheel re-surfaced! Right now there is quite a bit of transmission fluid that has been leaking from somewhere but I can't tell from where yet, my first thought was the drain plug but reconsidering that quick assumption after reading a bit more, I can't push the shaft to operate the clutch by hand but I'm thinking that's just from not having enough leverage from beneath the car. Gentlemen and Ladies any thoughts? Should be a fun weekend!
Thank you!
I purchased a rebuilt Type A OD Transmission in July 2012, when it arrived it was a mess, very poorly packaged for shipment, oil everywhere and the solenoid bracket was broken off but other than that everything looked in pretty good condition otherwise. As my story has gone for a while now I was attempting to get the car off to the body shop to be quickly painted :rolleye: 3 years.... ugh! I didn't take the time to do any real diagnostic testing other than just see if it would spin, the unit was bench tested prior to being transported so I was fairly confident it was going to work. Now after almost 4 years and the drama of the body shop (BS) my confidence is not quite as strong. I am starting to prepare for the final installation of the wiring, Slave cylinder etc., after finding the water in the engine I am just hoping nothing as far as the clutch & transmission has been damaged from sitting at the body shop, apparently out in the weather or from the goonies who worked at the FBS.
I am reading the Buckeye notes to learn more about these beasts, this would be a good book on tape narrated by Randall I think? :highly_amused: I was wondering if you all had any suggestions on testing procedures, if you think I should pull the transmission out to inspect the clutch etc. or just go forward and pray it's gonna be fine? When I put the drive train together I replaced everything; bearings, clutch disc, pressure plate, shaft pin EVERYTHING possible! Plus I had the fly wheel re-surfaced! Right now there is quite a bit of transmission fluid that has been leaking from somewhere but I can't tell from where yet, my first thought was the drain plug but reconsidering that quick assumption after reading a bit more, I can't push the shaft to operate the clutch by hand but I'm thinking that's just from not having enough leverage from beneath the car. Gentlemen and Ladies any thoughts? Should be a fun weekend!
Thank you!