318 LA rebuild after losing a valve seat

oldkimmer said
I would say their is something wrong in the differential. Is the pinion nut loose?can u move the pinion yoke around? The tranny does turn easy 1 way and harder the other way. Maybe the sprag is wrecked. Kim

I can't move the pinion yoke at all. I have a feeling I'm going to have to remove the tail housing and have a look inside. I didn't really have any issues when the car was running, starting to think I did something wrong when I put the drive shaft back in? But that seems hard to do, since it's just a matter of sliding it onto the output shaft. Or maybe something was misaligned when I put the pump back in? I really, REALLY hope that's not it, because I don't want to have to pull the engine again.

When it went forward, it felt smooth. It wasn't exactly easy, but then again I'm on a slight incline and I'm just one man pushing a car. But there is definitely something solid and mechanical that is preventing it from moving backwards. Would a bad sprag do this? It's almost like a ratcheting action, allowing movement in one direction but not the other.

nm9stheham said
Sounds like taking the pressure off the pawl let it slip out easily. If you live on flat land, you may not be used to the pawl getting semi-locked in place on a slope.

Jack up the rear axle and remove driveshaft to separate out the axle and trannie as the source of this drag.

When I first learned to drive, I remember putting the car in park on a hill without setting the brake. I remember the awful resistance and clunk when taking it out of park. I never did it again, it just seemed to be bad for the car.

I think I might give it one shot today to see if I can find the problem, otherwise the drive shaft is coming out and I'm moving on to the engine. I'll come back to it.