Scorp Wins!!!
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Scorp Wins!!!
Hah! It put up a good fight, but she's all mine now!
Well, remember how we all thought it was freaky that I had a 166k mile clutch? I had no documentation on the clutch ever being replaced. Well, I was wrong. It has been. There was way too much meat left on this one, and also the pilot bushing had been replaced with a pilot bearing. As far as I know these C4s came stock with a bushing, and there most definitely is a bearing in there.
On another note, that bearing has 1/2 of it's needle bearings missing!!! :eek: That could of been the clutch noise I was hearing. I wonder if it also caused the tranny to go. The tranny, clutch, and flywheel are out of the car. I'll pull the pilot bearing out tomorrow when I feel like it. It's dark now. :)
Well, remember how we all thought it was freaky that I had a 166k mile clutch? I had no documentation on the clutch ever being replaced. Well, I was wrong. It has been. There was way too much meat left on this one, and also the pilot bushing had been replaced with a pilot bearing. As far as I know these C4s came stock with a bushing, and there most definitely is a bearing in there.
On another note, that bearing has 1/2 of it's needle bearings missing!!! :eek: That could of been the clutch noise I was hearing. I wonder if it also caused the tranny to go. The tranny, clutch, and flywheel are out of the car. I'll pull the pilot bearing out tomorrow when I feel like it. It's dark now. :)
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Re: Scorp Wins!!! (scorp508)
Good job :cheers:
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Re: Scorp Wins!!! (scorp508)
WOW !!!!! I never took a trans still on the bellhousing.
Do you find it easer that way???????????????????
Do you find it easer that way???????????????????
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Re: Scorp Wins!!! (mackeyred96)
Do you find it easer that way???????????????????
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Re: Scorp Wins!!! (mackeyred96)
Hey Scorp, I agree with mackey...I never pulled a manual transmission with the bellhousing in one piece. Normally it is much easier to split them at the bellhousing. I think it would be MUCH easier to install as two pieces.
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Re: Scorp Wins!!! (bogus)
The rest should be smooth sailing! now, when does the engine come apart!?!?!?
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Re: Scorp Wins!!! (scorp508)
I can't believe that you had enough room to pull the whole thing far back enough to get the input shaft out of the way of the clutch and pressure plate.
I put a pilot bearing in my car instead of a bushing, and yours isn't the first one I've seen that's chewed up. Part of me wants to go back to a bushing when I pull the trans out in a couple weeks.
I put a pilot bearing in my car instead of a bushing, and yours isn't the first one I've seen that's chewed up. Part of me wants to go back to a bushing when I pull the trans out in a couple weeks.
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Re: Scorp Wins!!! (NoWorries)
Now that its out, work onb those bolts...I think it would be harder to line up and "stab" during the install with the bellhousing on. How did you get the room to get the bolts and slide the shaft out enuff to clear? Have to take a bunch of accessories off the front and undo the engine mounts?
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Re: Scorp Wins!!! (scorp508)
Congratulations! We all knew you'd do it! I think I'm not alone when I say that now I want to go pull a transmission :D
So let me make sure I remember, now... the transmission that is coming is the one you're putting in, right? Then you'll rebuild this one as time allows - that will be a cool project in itself.
Well, ya know, if ya got time to kill till the new transmission arrives... you might as well work on that engine.
Good luck - I'm eager for the next step :)
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So let me make sure I remember, now... the transmission that is coming is the one you're putting in, right? Then you'll rebuild this one as time allows - that will be a cool project in itself.
Well, ya know, if ya got time to kill till the new transmission arrives... you might as well work on that engine.
Good luck - I'm eager for the next step :)
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How did you get the room to get the bolts and slide the shaft out enuff to clear? Have to take a bunch of accessories off the front and undo the engine mounts?
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So let me make sure I remember, now... the transmission that is coming is the one you're putting in, right? Then you'll rebuild this one as time allows - that will be a cool project in itself.
2. I swap my current O/D unit onto the new 4-speed.
3. I reinstall tranny.
:)
I want to keep my current O/D unit for two reasons.
1. I know it works, I know nothing about the new one.
2. I know it is the right 0.68 ratio Z51 unit, and I don't know what the new one is.
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As other above said I am surprised you pulled the trans & bellhousing at the same time. A good impact wrench would have removed the trans to bellhousing bolts. Cutting the trans cooler line was not really the best idea. You can get both lines off the OD without cutting them.
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You can get both lines off the OD without cutting them.
