Another pulled tranny.

[Earth1]

That job sucks. I was going to re-use my tranny until it went, but NOT now. That's not a job I hope to do again anytime soon. Especially tough working alone. The only real issues I ran into were seized exhaust bolts and a stripped tbar bolt head. And of course, my lack of a third hand.

 

I recently bought a jointed ratchet like this: SWEET TOOL and it made getting to some of those real PITA bolts a breeze.

 

I decided to have my transmission rebuilt. It has been going to hell, and even quicker here lately with a nice whine. The shop came and picked the unit up from my place. I bought an ACT Heavy Duty clutch kit, almost ready to install. Working on changing the RMS and rear cam seals. I also found a leak in the brake MC and replaced it. Gonna change all the fluids while she's down, diffs and all.

 

I am having problems finding the RMS housing and rear cam gaskets. I couldn't find the rear cam seals when I did the motor swap so I cut some out of gasket material... they were leaking; probably not thick enough. Even the dealership is stumped- maybe we don't know what to call the part according to their system? Anyone had luck buying either?

Edited October 17, 2007 by Earth1

[Earth1]

Future reference: anyone needing rear cam seals or rear main seal housing will have to buy from the dealer. They call them rear plate seals and rear crank seal retainer. Local dship said they have never even stocked the rms retainer.

[Roost]

Future reference: anyone needing rear cam seals or rear main seal housing will have to buy from the dealer. They call them rear plate seals and rear crank seal retainer. Local dship said they have never even stocked the rms retainer.

 

I guess I got lucky with the parts store that I went to. I gave them the specs on my truck and a shopping list. 2 days later they called me and said all the parts where in, to include the RMS. Plus a 20% discount for knowing them for so long and ordering so much :tonguefinger: . Some time it's good to kiss a little butt.

[unccpathfinder]

I"ve never had problems getting seals...and I have an extra RMS plate...but I can see the parts store not being able to get that plate...but the seals/gaskets are def available

[Earth1]

It took a while but I got my tranny back today. Nice and shiny. It was completely chewed up; it had been going out for a long time. I ended up needing a complete rebuild and had a performance kit installed. For anyone interested there's a kit that's called a "hillclimber kit" available that fit my 92. It will cost you some extra dough- my guy's cool and cut me a deal. I think I'm addicted to upgrades, but this new setup should handle a lot of abuse.

 

I still have the chore of installing; I'll probably just take my time. I've been enjoying the work more when I do it a little at a time instead of marathons of kicking and cursing. Hopefully my next post on this will be a performance report.

[Mr. Pickles]

Any idea what the "hillclimber kit" upgrades?

[Earth1]

AFAIK it has larger/harder bearings, better seals (double spring), larger disk surfaces, and modified gear band. I'll let you know how I like it.