Re: Jeff's 48 Custom 8 Victoria Project

Posted by bigmoparjeff On 2013/11/9 13:14:02

Thursday turned out to be less productive than I had hoped. The trans was a bit of a bugger to get in. The input shaft doesn't have much of a chamfer on the pilot or the clutch splines, so you need to have it dead on target before it wants to go in. Kudos to all those who have muscled one of these in without the help of a transmission jack.

The crossmember is installed, along with a few other bits and pieces. I got a late start and my phone was ringing all day long, so I didn't get too much else done on the car. I didn't touch it at all on Friday, but I'll get back on it today. I still hope to have it running on Sunday, but we'll see. There's still so much to be done.

And yes, I'll be repainting the clutch cover green. It's only on with a few bolts right now. Not sure why I painted that gray.

Thanks go out to Mal for posting pics of the custom clutch alignment tool on his "Wade's Workshop" blog. I took the idea and fine tuned it to fit the 22nd Series Custom 8 clutch. It worked perfect.
Jeff

BTW, It appears that the trans fill plug and overdrive fill plug are at slightly different levels. Any suggestions on which one to go by?

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