Trans install question!!!! Urgent
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Captain Morgan
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SY2932
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Re: Trans install question!!!! Urgent
Yep. The metal clip that holds the wiring harness goes up there too. Lotsa "fun" trying to get the trans fill tube and clip on there. I have always gotten to it from the top but I have small arms... The stud that the downpipe bracket attaches to is the topmost one on the passenger side. If you are keeping the 700-R4, cutting a notch where the sheet metal comes together behind the stud for the socket will make it easier to remove in the future:
"If you have ever pulled your own transmission before, you know what's up with this. Primed and painted afterwards..."
I have a modified socket that I use to get the stud out on trucks that don't have the notch:
"Modified 14 MM deep well socket to get top most downpipe stud off. Cut down with a cut off wheel and then faced in a lathe to approximately 1 3/4 inch in length. Unmodified socket above."
Yep. The metal clip that holds the wiring harness goes up there too. Lotsa "fun" trying to get the trans fill tube and clip on there. I have always gotten to it from the top but I have small arms... The stud that the downpipe bracket attaches to is the topmost one on the passenger side. If you are keeping the 700-R4, cutting a notch where the sheet metal comes together behind the stud for the socket will make it easier to remove in the future:
"If you have ever pulled your own transmission before, you know what's up with this. Primed and painted afterwards..."
I have a modified socket that I use to get the stud out on trucks that don't have the notch:
"Modified 14 MM deep well socket to get top most downpipe stud off. Cut down with a cut off wheel and then faced in a lathe to approximately 1 3/4 inch in length. Unmodified socket above."
SY2932
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Re: Trans install question!!!! Urgent
Yep, I recall that there was two brackets that you had to thread the bellhousing bolt through and that it was a PITA. I just checked and it IS the dipstick tube and vent tube for the transfer case
. I guess that's what happens when you have Transmission built by George Blake that has lasted for more than four years with no problems :lol:. Anywho, that particular bellhousing bolt doesn't have a flange head on it because the brackets act as a washer for it...
Sounds like you know what's up but here it is anyways:
I guess the person that welded the bracket on my downpipe didn't think that leaving the wire on was a big deal :roll:...
Yep, I recall that there was two brackets that you had to thread the bellhousing bolt through and that it was a PITA. I just checked and it IS the dipstick tube and vent tube for the transfer case
. I guess that's what happens when you have Transmission built by George Blake that has lasted for more than four years with no problems :lol:. Anywho, that particular bellhousing bolt doesn't have a flange head on it because the brackets act as a washer for it...Sounds like you know what's up but here it is anyways:
I guess the person that welded the bracket on my downpipe didn't think that leaving the wire on was a big deal :roll:...
bezerk
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Re: Trans install question!!!! Urgent
**** that cover.. put it where the sun don't shine. you don't need it
**** that cover.. put it where the sun don't shine. you don't need it
Injected1
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Re: Trans install question!!!! Urgent
I live in the panhandle of Fl and the sugar white beach sand plays hell with anything that it gets in, so I am going to need the cover. However thanks for the comment about the bolts instead of studs and the dp mount. I really didn't think I needed it secured to the tranny.
I live in the panhandle of Fl and the sugar white beach sand plays hell with anything that it gets in, so I am going to need the cover. However thanks for the comment about the bolts instead of studs and the dp mount. I really didn't think I needed it secured to the tranny.
sharkbait
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Re: Trans install question!!!! Urgent
don't you guys think that mounting the DP to the bellhousing is causing some of your false knock?
i have heard people say it could be the converter. but i'd imagine that DP could cause some serious false knock.
just an idea, but why not just put an exhaust strap right after the DP comes down and under the truck? right as it starts to go parellel to the floor pan?
don't you guys think that mounting the DP to the bellhousing is causing some of your false knock?
i have heard people say it could be the converter. but i'd imagine that DP could cause some serious false knock.
just an idea, but why not just put an exhaust strap right after the DP comes down and under the truck? right as it starts to go parellel to the floor pan?
SY2932
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mattw
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Re: Trans install question!!!! Urgent
Absolutely. I removed that bracket shortly after I got my Ty. I ran it for several years and ~30k miles before I sold it and never had an issue.
-Matt
Absolutely. I removed that bracket shortly after I got my Ty. I ran it for several years and ~30k miles before I sold it and never had an issue.
-Matt