User 4221

This thread is worth the price of admission alone!

In it we have:
- HD video
- Flooding
- Cuisine
- Tech help
- Shopping help
- a $7 fix to a $100 jackstand problem

I need to get working on cleaning Oliver's trans.

dshepp806

Definately,..good sheeit...

Best,

Doyle

whalebird

And a fun group of enthusiasts who don't take themselves to seriously.

rusnak

Well...it's out!!!

The key was heat (thanks, Ice!), and then then I twisted it, and pried against the webbing (not the sealing surface) enough to get it started. Then, a strong twisting and pulling motion, like pulling a cork out of a bottle.

Here are some thank you pics. I've got to find something to tap the seal in the rest of the way, then I can start re-assembly. I also need to find or order some new Grade 8 screws too. That oily residue is tons of PB Blaster.

rusnak

Also, I confirmed that the large crescent wrench will work to remove the hard brake lines without any damage whatsoever. I used my large 16" crescent with very thick jaws, and tightened them against the 11mm brake line fitting as hard as I could. Then counter held the flex line fitting with an 18mm wrench, and a gentle but sharp twist snapped them loose with no damage to the fitting.

I know a flare wrench is better in most cases, but the Sears flare wrench has already been covered. Time to get a Snap On or equivalent.

Ed Hughes

Nice!

Now, if we stay a little dry for a few days....

theiceman

..one little victory ......

great job

User 4221

Well done! Amazing what some heat will do.

good tip on the brake line wrenches

whalebird

it's sad when a monkey wrench is better than a flare wrench on a flare fitting. Good tools are hard to find...even Snap-On has marginalized some of their products.

Glad it worked out rus...did you get the drain plug(or was it the fill) out??

rusnak

No the machinist was very discouraging. He sort of described a 50/50 proposition, with a very simple decision: leave it alone or risk tearing into the entire transmission, probably causing a complete rebuild to get the metal bits cleaned out.

Baby

Nice job getting that thing off. I ran into the same problem not long ago. Maybe I missed this in an earlier post on this thread, but you know the Bentley shows a method of removing the tube using a homemade loop of heavy gauge wire and a lever. I made one using a coat hanger. My seal was stuck like yours. I had my brawny neighbor lever the loop while I hit the tube with a rubber mallet (quite a bit harder than you hit with the bfh in the video you posted). Once the seal broke, the tube came right out.

I used a piece of PVC to drive the seal in. http://911sc.blogspot.com/2010/12/in...ide-shift.html

I'm about where you are with the clutch. Hoping to get it assembled and attached the transmission tonight. Good luck!

theiceman

Hey Russ great thread, throw up some before and after shots of the clutch too..

rusnak

I should show you guys the old clutch. It's amazing that it came out of a car that has a total of over 300K miles. It has a lot of meat still on it. And to be honest, this is not my thread - I contribute to an older thread.

Baby - Jeez, those are beautiful pics!! I think heat was the critical missing element. Unless I could bolt down the tranny, it was gonna go flying around the garage with the amount of force I needed. I used a pair of long prybars, and a large channel lock pliers.

theiceman

add the pics ..it just makes it a richer thread for others to view

Baby

Love to, Ice, but my flickr link doesn't want to work. Any way to view as html? Then I could paste in the code. Anyway, it was a pic of a piece of pvc pipe and the guide tube in a rated X moment on the work bench. Nothing too exciting. If you want, you can click on the "blog" link in my signature to view it.

Let's see that clutch disk!