Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard
Posted by Charles On 2010/8/29 13:37:31
8-29-10
It's upper 80's and high humidity here today so work on the car was cut short. Morning was occupied with my '97 Honda Civic replacing the O2 sensor. After that, I came in to cool off and then started on the Packard.
I got the rest of the valve body reassembled. I had a bolt that was too long for the hole I had it going in so I questioned all of the bolts. I used my spare and took each bolt out of the spare and the original one and compared sizes. The spare had some bolts that were different lengths than the ones I had. Interesting. I used bolts from the spare where I thought they might be needed. Probably won't make a difference. I'm guessing that the rebuilder used whatever bolts they had that were close since there were different logo's on the bolts of both valve bodies. Some had a U some had TU some had a V.
I didn't have a torque wench that would go down to 5-10 ft lbs so I tightened the bolts by grasping the top of the ratchet head and turning until it felt tight enough, but not too tight.
When I put the manual gear selector valve in, it was really hard to get in there. At first I thought I tightened the bolts too much, but after turning it a couple of times the trans fluid I put on it started to work and it moved freely again.
After that, I made the PU-308 hold down tools using the scrap metal I got from my work. Used my cut off wheel to make two strips 1" wide and 6" long. Drilled a hole at the end big enough for an oil pan bolt to go through.
The reverse band went together easily. The low band was really loose. It kept "walking" down the drum and I would have to push it up to get the band plates on. The hold down tool seems to be working.
Once that was done, I cleaned up the trans oil pan. It was a little rusty and didn't have any paint on it that I could tell so I freshened it up with some Rustoleum rust converter. Set it aside to dry.
I was going to reinstall the valve body, but the heat was getting to me so I called it a day.
I also realized that I forgot to buy a new trans oil pan gasket! Do you guys usually buy them from the regular vendors or do you make your own? I have never made a gasket before, but these don't seem too bad. I don't know how much gasket material costs though.
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It's upper 80's and high humidity here today so work on the car was cut short. Morning was occupied with my '97 Honda Civic replacing the O2 sensor. After that, I came in to cool off and then started on the Packard.
I got the rest of the valve body reassembled. I had a bolt that was too long for the hole I had it going in so I questioned all of the bolts. I used my spare and took each bolt out of the spare and the original one and compared sizes. The spare had some bolts that were different lengths than the ones I had. Interesting. I used bolts from the spare where I thought they might be needed. Probably won't make a difference. I'm guessing that the rebuilder used whatever bolts they had that were close since there were different logo's on the bolts of both valve bodies. Some had a U some had TU some had a V.
I didn't have a torque wench that would go down to 5-10 ft lbs so I tightened the bolts by grasping the top of the ratchet head and turning until it felt tight enough, but not too tight.
When I put the manual gear selector valve in, it was really hard to get in there. At first I thought I tightened the bolts too much, but after turning it a couple of times the trans fluid I put on it started to work and it moved freely again.
After that, I made the PU-308 hold down tools using the scrap metal I got from my work. Used my cut off wheel to make two strips 1" wide and 6" long. Drilled a hole at the end big enough for an oil pan bolt to go through.
The reverse band went together easily. The low band was really loose. It kept "walking" down the drum and I would have to push it up to get the band plates on. The hold down tool seems to be working.
Once that was done, I cleaned up the trans oil pan. It was a little rusty and didn't have any paint on it that I could tell so I freshened it up with some Rustoleum rust converter. Set it aside to dry.
I was going to reinstall the valve body, but the heat was getting to me so I called it a day.
I also realized that I forgot to buy a new trans oil pan gasket! Do you guys usually buy them from the regular vendors or do you make your own? I have never made a gasket before, but these don't seem too bad. I don't know how much gasket material costs though.
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