1965 MMP's Barracuda Hemi swap! The Ever Changing Build
Okay so was busy this weekend but managed to get some good time in the garage working on the trans build.
finished up the main case without issue although I did find one issue with the trans. It had been rebuilt once before. The case, original over drive unit and the valve body are all "99" but the 2nd to 3rd clutch pack was "03" clutches (much thicker in size) which made it very hard to shift if it shifted at all the clutch pack needs a huge gap at the ring something like .098" where the pack i found in the pack was so tight on the C-clip I had a bit of an issue removing it.
The correct friction plate (olive green) vs. Incorrect friction plate (reddish in color / thicker)
Picture is of proper tolerance
This discovery lead me to probe a bit more in the trans. I was on the fence about a shift kit as well as ******* with the valve body at all. Well I ended up buying a shift kit and all new electrical parts (servos and inner harness)
Also ordered a speedo sending unit with a 37 tooth gear. I got this not cause the gauge clutch speedo, but the OB2 efi harness has two speed sensors one off the over drive drum and on off the out put shaft gear drive..
So I pulled the valve body apart and found a few thing wrong. I'm soo glad I did too. first off the emulation spring was broken (New one in shift kit) and I also found one of the "valve to spring" 1 of 9 or so in the valve body was in its place but installed backwards. :eek: Again soo glad I went through it..
Everything other than those few problems was fine. I rebuild and replaced all wear-able parts in the transmission. Installed the shift kit. should have a more performance oriented shift as well as a firmer over drive and firmer converter lockup.
Okay so was busy this weekend but managed to get some good time in the garage working on the trans build.
finished up the main case without issue although I did find one issue with the trans. It had been rebuilt once before. The case, original over drive unit and the valve body are all "99" but the 2nd to 3rd clutch pack was "03" clutches (much thicker in size) which made it very hard to shift if it shifted at all the clutch pack needs a huge gap at the ring something like .098" where the pack i found in the pack was so tight on the C-clip I had a bit of an issue removing it.
The correct friction plate (olive green) vs. Incorrect friction plate (reddish in color / thicker)
Picture is of proper tolerance
This discovery lead me to probe a bit more in the trans. I was on the fence about a shift kit as well as ******* with the valve body at all. Well I ended up buying a shift kit and all new electrical parts (servos and inner harness)
Also ordered a speedo sending unit with a 37 tooth gear. I got this not cause the gauge clutch speedo, but the OB2 efi harness has two speed sensors one off the over drive drum and on off the out put shaft gear drive..
So I pulled the valve body apart and found a few thing wrong. I'm soo glad I did too. first off the emulation spring was broken (New one in shift kit) and I also found one of the "valve to spring" 1 of 9 or so in the valve body was in its place but installed backwards. :eek: Again soo glad I went through it..
Everything other than those few problems was fine. I rebuild and replaced all wear-able parts in the transmission. Installed the shift kit. should have a more performance oriented shift as well as a firmer over drive and firmer converter lockup.
