65 Barracuda daily driver
It seems any kind of leak fix whether it's oil, coolant or transmission fluid will cause some issues because it doesn't just get to work where you need it to. It's always so tempting though.
So here's my homemade tool. Two 3/8" holes in a 3/16 steel flat bar 1-7/8" apart. Or so... Damn, this steel doesn't like getting drilled haha. Used a cobalt drill and some oil, but it took forever. I'm sure a drill press would have made this a bit easier. Luckily I had an extra flange from the slant 6 transmission for test fitting and didn't have to figure that out under the car. It's about two feet long, so my plan is to bolt it to the flange and set the other end on the garage floor. Then I can hopefully get enough force on the torque wrench to get to 175 ft lbs with the help of a pipe to get more leverage. I'm a bit worried that it might make the car fall of the jack stands, which would be fatal, so I might put the front on ramps. Which are unfortunately in the back of the garage and kinda hard to get to...
Anyways, I'll have to get the car back together within the next 3 weeks because I got a swap space at the Chrysler Performance West Fall Fling and really want to get rid of the tons of parts that I collected over the years. Many of which I bought by mistake or simply never should have bought. Of course they are in the back of the garage. This is just a fraction of those parts:
Luckily it looks like I'm pretty close. I will have to get the output flange torqued, double check the pinion flange on the rear end which has come loose a couple of times before. That one needs 180 ft lbs and I might have to make a tool to hold it in place as well. Then I need reconnect the park lock & cable gear shift cable, put the transmission filter and pan back, put the driveshaft back and bolt the exhaust on again. Soon.
It seems any kind of leak fix whether it's oil, coolant or transmission fluid will cause some issues because it doesn't just get to work where you need it to. It's always so tempting though.
So here's my homemade tool. Two 3/8" holes in a 3/16 steel flat bar 1-7/8" apart. Or so... Damn, this steel doesn't like getting drilled haha. Used a cobalt drill and some oil, but it took forever. I'm sure a drill press would have made this a bit easier. Luckily I had an extra flange from the slant 6 transmission for test fitting and didn't have to figure that out under the car. It's about two feet long, so my plan is to bolt it to the flange and set the other end on the garage floor. Then I can hopefully get enough force on the torque wrench to get to 175 ft lbs with the help of a pipe to get more leverage. I'm a bit worried that it might make the car fall of the jack stands, which would be fatal, so I might put the front on ramps. Which are unfortunately in the back of the garage and kinda hard to get to...
Anyways, I'll have to get the car back together within the next 3 weeks because I got a swap space at the Chrysler Performance West Fall Fling and really want to get rid of the tons of parts that I collected over the years. Many of which I bought by mistake or simply never should have bought. Of course they are in the back of the garage. This is just a fraction of those parts:
Luckily it looks like I'm pretty close. I will have to get the output flange torqued, double check the pinion flange on the rear end which has come loose a couple of times before. That one needs 180 ft lbs and I might have to make a tool to hold it in place as well. Then I need reconnect the park lock & cable gear shift cable, put the transmission filter and pan back, put the driveshaft back and bolt the exhaust on again. Soon.
