Recent content by Mr. 350

I asked a buddy who is a former mechanic for a recommendation of a good transmission shop. I spoke to the owner and he said to bring the transmission in and he would help me get the forks in correctly. I took it to him this morning and in less than 10 min. he was finished and didn't charge me a...

I think the combs are the real problem! But, I have no idea what gear it is in by looking at the combs. The cover won't sit flat.

WOW! I had no idea a transmission would last that long. A copy of my original title (which the state "confiscated" when I registered the car) shows I purchased the car 12-15-1971. I am the second owner and the car was a daily driver and wasn't abused, even though I put my foot into it from time...

I couldn't get the pictures I took to attach. I removed the transmission and found I put the throwout bearing in correctly. In fact, to install it wrong you would have to TRY to do it wrong! Getting the tranny out w/o moving the engine forward was difficult because of the way GM designed the...

Thanks for confirming that. The car has been sitting in my garage the past 6 yr. and I wasn't sure. I should have the tranny out some time today. According to the code on the pass. side of tranny: manufactured in 1969, Oct., 02 day, M20. I'm not good with attachments but I'll send pics if I can.

Sorry, I did not specifically state that I had removed the transmission from the car but that has nothing to do with the problem. The ONLY thing removed from the tranny was the side cover and old gear lube. Nothing else changed. I did say I put in a new throwout bearing and other parts. The...

No, it doesn't feel like it is locked in two gears. The shifter does move but stumbles. I removed the cover this morning and the forks are identical with no offset. According to David West of Davids4Speeds: "If a tranny won’t engage on any gears, the problem is someplace upstream from the...

Fyi The following website may help anyone with tranny trouble: muncietrans.net --- transmission ID chart and exploded view davids4speeds.com --- excellent video rebuilding a Muncie cobratransmission.com --- parts, pics of forks thegearbox.org --- parts

Thanks for the input, toobroke. You are waaay ahead of me because this is the first time I have ever opened a transmission. I bought a full gasket set for the tranny but after pulling the cover and seeing all those gears I replaced only the cover gasket. However, before I remove the side cover...

1969 Corvette, 350 cu.in., Muncie 4 speed I have spent the last 15 months rebuilding this car literally bumper to bumper. I have rebuilt 2 or 3 other engines before this one and helped with others but transmissions are out of my league. The trans worked fine before I removed the side cover to...