Well today was a semi decent day. Things were going pretty well and then I hit a road block towards the end of my sunlight. :/
So today I set out to drop the trans n get that ish going. I manages to do so with not much issues getting it out solo.
Once out I started to mess with the shifter set up. I got the cable ready to go on the trans and the shifter set up on the foor..remember when I said I seen some sloppy installs...well maybe the c4 is why, idk but my shifter will have to sit back farther than originally thought. Leaving a space to fill where the old shifter once sat. Ull deal with this to make it look nice but I was thrown off by how it loooked. So for the shifter to work right, u need to hack off the lower portion of the shifter linkage:
The gapping hole:
Cable installed:
I got thr t/c installed and seated ready to go with one quart of fluid in it.
From there I moved to the engine backing plate. It needed to be trimmed since it was made for both the 157 and 164 tooth bell housing mating up to a 302.
I traced out what needed trimming from the engine side.
Cut and cleaned up ready to go back.
From there moved to the headers to make sure all was good with clearance. They fit snug, all I can say. Passenger side just sitting there.
Diver side header
I had to pull the engine up just a bit with the hoist to get the headers in.
Once I got them tightened down I figure to go ahead and bolt the engine down to the mounts.
It's tight getting in there:
So I felt like I made serious gains today with the above. I figured it's still light out, get the trans back in. So i attempted. Between the headers being in the way to clear the bell housing and the engine being tightened down to where I can't move it to marry it with the trans I ended up running out of day light n had to pack it in. I'll have to attack this later in the week.
It's supposed to be another decent week up here in nj. I have some time to use from work and I plan on doing so this week to get this thing done. Getting itchy to finish it, and, it's guna get to cold soon enough to want to be working on it outside. Hopefully I can get it buttoned up and down to the track once before they close for the winter.
Ono