AAAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!! WTF is THIS???

[Don Coyote®]

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!


I dropped the pan, again.

I removed the low reverse servo and poked around, inside. I inserted a thin, long projectile inside and scraped upon the opposite side of the case.


.....*Where the heck is the band???* :scratch:


So I went inside the house and gathered a small maglite and a coat-hanger. I forged a instrument with a 45-degree angle on one end. I inserted it inside the servo hole and gave it a 360-degree spin.


..... CHA-CHING!!!


*Does the Happy Dance* :




A few pokes straight up and the reverse band was again, re-aligned into perfect position!!!




*Rolling on the floor, naked*




I now have reverse, again!!!

I am now confident that my transmission will go on to provide for me at least another 100,000 miles, or so. (The engine is equally strong and vibrant, dispite having a little over 200,000 miles on it).


Thanks to all, but especially Glacier991, who most likely has given himself a few brain-tumors after the excessive amount of time he spent in front of his computer monitor... posting these "Transmission/Valve Body Rebuild Diaries" that certainly have shown themselves to be some of the most VALUABLE resources on the entire internet!!! :notworthy


Is there a "Donations" tab around here, somewhere?


I'd be most happy to throw down a twenty for Glacier's "Weekend Barbecue and Brats" fund, or something to that effect.

Thanks, all......... it's great to have my truck back in full working order.


:smoke:




(Oh,..... not quite full..... I still don't have cruise-control or air conditioning).

 

[Glacier991]

We can walk you through AC repair and cruise control repair as well. Congrats (and thanks for the kind words). Happy to help.

ps. And just for the record when Cali' Explorer came to the house I was mid way into a 4R70W build and had the guts sitting on my kitchen counter, and a 5R55E valve body in the process of being rebuilt sitting on the kitchen table. It is not ALWAYS like that! Really!

 

[Don Coyote®]

My AC Compresser is shot. Seized right up.

..... THAT one's easy.....


I have NO idea what happened to my cruise control.


It went out,.... occasionally, it would come back,..... then it was gone, completely.


I'm not worried about it,..... I still have four working windows, and I've never wanted my accelerator foot to get lazy, anyway. :


I'm just happy to stop driving my old gas guzzlers.

My '67 Ford is my baby..... but it's so rusty, it's about to fall off the frame.

My '76 GMC is a good solid Oklahoma truck,..... but it was custom built for towing and only gets 6/8 MPG. (I have a woodstove..... I only use the GMC for hauling firewood).


AAAaaahhhhhhh,..... it's nice to have overdrive, again.


(And reverse). :

 

[JIGAWHAAT]

This was a pretty funny thread to read from top to bottom, And it has my vote for the funniest thread title I have seen thus far.

 

[Willard]

that should be a new reward, funniest thread

 

[BrooklynBay]

And just for the record when Cali' Explorer came to the house I was mid way into a 4R70W build and had the guts sitting on my kitchen counter, and a 5R55E valve body in the process of being rebuilt sitting on the kitchen table. It is not ALWAYS like that! Really!

What did you have for dinner that night (beside tranny guts baked in ATF sauce)? Aamco could make a commercial out of something like this.:

 

[Don Coyote®]

This was a pretty funny thread to read from top to bottom.....

I pride myself on my sense of humor.


.....It's the only thing I own that isn't taxed or has a lien on it.


I enjoy trying to influence others to do the same.


: :mattmoon:




:smoke:

 

[Glacier991]

Do a search for "Hootus".... I think that is so far the all time most visited thread and pretty funny. Someone (who shall remain nameless) was doing bedliner in his truck when he needed to take a leak..... well... I'll leave the rest to you....

 

[Glacier991]

Oh and, BB the LAST company I'd do a commercial for is Aamco ! <g>.

ps. Toasted frictions are good on salad.