It's back together sitting on my bench....
I had one thing go wrong after the other....
1) There are 2 LARGE snap rings in the case. The one with the legs that are turned up is easy to place. The FLAT one though....it took me DAYS to find out where it went. It wasn't until I saw a video on YouTube, and that FLAT snap ring was the VERY FIRST thing he put in the case. It's more of a temporary support for the Reverse Band than anything. The transmission can be assembled without it, and nobody would know the difference. Its not critical, but I put it in there anyway...but that meant the WHOLE trans had to come back apart...luckily I didn't install the pump.
2) After getting the flat snap ring in the case, I measured for the selective washer/ case bushing at the pump, and I kept getting 1.592...to 1.599 for a measurement, the thickest selective washer would compensate UP TO 1.580 or something like that I was a bit too short in the whole assembly. Then I started to look at the old parts, and I realized that I had 8 Torringtons sitting on my bench. There should have only been 7. I looked at them all, and sure enough, there were 2 #8 bearings. Appearantly I forgot to put the #8 bearing against the direct drum after I sized the solid seals, and put the output shaft inside of the direct drum. So now the WHOLE assembly had to come apart...again. I put the bearing in place, and it raised the whole assembly up enough that I was within spec to use the Green washer.
3) While putting the OD servo together, I got the kerf cut seal stuck in the snap ring groove. I broke the seal in my attempt to remove the crooked piston. And to make matters worse, I also managed to break the snap ring itself. So another trip to the transmission shop to buy the parts needed to fix this mess, and $5 later, they had me hooked up with a new snap ring, and a kerf cut seal. $5!!!!
4) I must have installed the valvebody 5 or 6 times...everytime I was ready to torque it down, I realized I didn't check something, or something was missing...there was an extra 10mm bolt...little things like that....
I was able to fab up some pump alignment/installation pins, using 4.0L OHV fuel rail bolts...grind down the shoulder, and you have an alignment pin for the pump! They are PERFECT too. The External Torx is small enough that it's not in the way, and you don't have to use Vice-Grips to pull them off....pics will come later...check the time I'm posting this...I just finished and now I'm headed for bed. I have to work in the A.M.
Now I have the tranny in the shop, waiting for me....
I may not get a chance to install it until NEXT weekend though. We'll see.
Ryan
Excited to do auto tranny work!
