Sounds great so far...Keep it up, you are my inspiration (at least for C4 rebuilds). We will learn from your mistakes. Don't make anymore serious ones...
man i hope it runs good when im finished....another day...let's see what it brings.....man im sooo close......kind of got an answer from a guy down this way about compressing the clutch bands in....im gonna try it then if it works i'll tell ya all what i did
ok scoop...2nd mistake to learn from.....ok so the Belleville spring behind the clutches....ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE RIGHT WAY.....LOL........I grabbed my spare tranny and looked at it and the 2 just didnt seem to match up.....so i took it apart and reversed it and voila....went to gether perfectly.....goood thing i caught that......
so helpful hint for everyone......double check...triple check.....i could keep going and going on this.....
gettin closer........i figured this was going to be way harder than what it is.....so far im gonna say if ya got one to work on....work on it.....esp if your mav is your baby do it yourself......
ok guys got the guts in pump and bellhousing reattached...servos and bands hooked up....governor hooked back on.....gonna take the rest of the day off before i tackle the valve body....yes i have to do this because previously in my more gullible years.....like 4 days ago....lol....i took it apart and one of the check balls slipped out......but again thank god for my spare....gonna be really careful taking it apart so i can see exactly where those little buggers go.... Man what a pain in the @ss those two front drums with the clutches were.....getting them lined up then keeping them in place while i slipped the band back over it and got it all lined up and hooked in......had to take em out 3 times before it finally gave into my struggles..... With any luck should have the car mobile early next week.......knocking on the biggest piece of wood i can find..... If you guys have anything else to share between now and tomorrow morning about any of this please feel free...esp hints about the valve body..... Later Jeremy
I am still watching...cannot help. So, how many hours did you put into this job, not counting the first time? The time plus the difficulty are making me lean more toward taking it out and handing it to a trans specialist. I have a quote of "done in one day, you bring the parts, $300 labor." Starting to sound better all the time...
scoop...this is only taking so long cuz im doing it at work......WOW....300 parts plus labor....jump on that if theres a guarantee too.....If I had a whole day to do this it coulda probably been done in that amount of time....but ive got like 5 min here 15 min there.....shoulda kept track at amount of time ive spent working on it....now hopefully after i get this together it will all work properly......i don't see why it won't......gonna start in on the valve body in a few....soon as i fully wake up....lol.....i'll get back with all of ya on how that goes... Later Jeremy
valve body is back together....doin some cleanin on the tailhousing and oil pan.....put that back on it should be ready to hook up to the engine......gotta get some new tranny coolant lines....then i should be mobile....fingers crossed..... Jeremy
working on it at work? must be nice, theyd kinda frown if i brought car parts into the server room and started working on them
yeah sierra kinda got a lucky job to be able to do this here.......as long as i work when im supposed to they don't mind..... work as loader/scale man at rock quarry so my job is pretty much based on if anyone comes in to get any rock......lol......right now it's pretty slow with diesel as high as it is.... got tailhousing bolted on.....having to modify the vacuum pressure regulator bracket to fit this new p/r that they gave me..... gettin closer....woooo hoooo
yeah plus tomorrow im workin......overtime starting right now...fri afternoon.....so that's a bonus too....lol... Ok guys don't buy Chiltons repair manual for automatic transmissions--Part number 8944....mostly worthless..... So anyway since it's not helpin me know ive got a question.....it's not tellin me how much to tighten the bands......i just went thru every page and there was nothin....you'd think that would be a pretty important step to have in there...any body have any info out there????Would be greatly appreciated..... Frustrated Jeremy
