65 Barracuda daily driver
So that cut I did on the transmission oil pan was apparently too much and it was leaking from there. So I can't really recommend that pan for an early, cable shifted A904. Anyways, I got the neutral safety switch out and the gasket had barely any rubber left on it. Instead there was more bathtub silicone... By now I'm not only extremely mad at the guy who rebuilt the transmission, but I also wonder what he really did internally. The switch itself was mangled and was probably also leaking from around the post. You'd think he would at least recommend to replace it?
Luckily I still had the one that was in the slant 6 904 and that one was in pretty good shape (I cleaned it up a bit more more after snapping the photo).
I had ordered a gasket online, but that didn't arrive in time, so I got a switch for a '73 Dart from O'Reilly's for like 8 bucks and used that gasket.
With the right combination of extensions I was able to get the switch in and out without removing the exhaust. I was even able to get a torque wrench on it and torqued it to 25 ft lbs. The '65 manual said 25-35 ft lbs... 35 seems way too much and why couldn't they make up their minds?
I also still had a vacuum leak, so I replaced the gasket with this Holley 108-18 insulated gasket:
Edelbrock makes a similar one and they say you don't need that spread bore to square bore adapter plate with it. The Holley one seems to be better quality in my opinion. The insulation definitely helps on hot days.
The bottom side of my Edelbrock 1406 does not look great, but I hope it will seal now.
So that cut I did on the transmission oil pan was apparently too much and it was leaking from there. So I can't really recommend that pan for an early, cable shifted A904. Anyways, I got the neutral safety switch out and the gasket had barely any rubber left on it. Instead there was more bathtub silicone... By now I'm not only extremely mad at the guy who rebuilt the transmission, but I also wonder what he really did internally. The switch itself was mangled and was probably also leaking from around the post. You'd think he would at least recommend to replace it?
Luckily I still had the one that was in the slant 6 904 and that one was in pretty good shape (I cleaned it up a bit more more after snapping the photo).
I had ordered a gasket online, but that didn't arrive in time, so I got a switch for a '73 Dart from O'Reilly's for like 8 bucks and used that gasket.
With the right combination of extensions I was able to get the switch in and out without removing the exhaust. I was even able to get a torque wrench on it and torqued it to 25 ft lbs. The '65 manual said 25-35 ft lbs... 35 seems way too much and why couldn't they make up their minds?
I also still had a vacuum leak, so I replaced the gasket with this Holley 108-18 insulated gasket:
Edelbrock makes a similar one and they say you don't need that spread bore to square bore adapter plate with it. The Holley one seems to be better quality in my opinion. The insulation definitely helps on hot days.
The bottom side of my Edelbrock 1406 does not look great, but I hope it will seal now.