AussieCorvetteNut
Well-known member
Ok, I started the long list of jobs on the 84....aka BLUE
i decided to pull the radiator out after running a flush through it and it opens up the front so I can get to the water pump, front timing cover seal and power steering pump.
i went to loosen the O/D trans cooler lines from the radiator and grit my teeth, as some bubba gump had used a pair of vice grips to undo the cooler line nut...ad
i disconnected it and expected to see transmission fluid drip out...nup gear oil...
Looks like it's pulling the gearbox out earlier than I wanted.
Gear oil in the cooler lines I reckon means that the O/D unit is cactus.
i am just glad I managed to pick up a second 4+3 gearbox from a bloke in Sydney...I also have the rebuild kits.
so the lesson today is to belt those people who use vice grips on trans and brake lines instead of using pipe spanners with their own vice grips
Looks like the radiator needs to be looked at before it goes back in and the more I dig to get to the water pump and timing cover, the more I see the steering rack (right hand drive), so I may have to sweet talk the wife into letting me part with $420 to rebuild the rack.
it will go with the new pump and lines anyway.
i thought the list would get smaller, nup clutch to do as well
cheers
Tony
i decided to pull the radiator out after running a flush through it and it opens up the front so I can get to the water pump, front timing cover seal and power steering pump.
i went to loosen the O/D trans cooler lines from the radiator and grit my teeth, as some bubba gump had used a pair of vice grips to undo the cooler line nut...ad
i disconnected it and expected to see transmission fluid drip out...nup gear oil...
Looks like it's pulling the gearbox out earlier than I wanted.
Gear oil in the cooler lines I reckon means that the O/D unit is cactus.
i am just glad I managed to pick up a second 4+3 gearbox from a bloke in Sydney...I also have the rebuild kits.
so the lesson today is to belt those people who use vice grips on trans and brake lines instead of using pipe spanners with their own vice grips
Looks like the radiator needs to be looked at before it goes back in and the more I dig to get to the water pump and timing cover, the more I see the steering rack (right hand drive), so I may have to sweet talk the wife into letting me part with $420 to rebuild the rack.
it will go with the new pump and lines anyway.
i thought the list would get smaller, nup clutch to do as well
cheers
Tony
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