Need 4-speed Help
pettybludart - Thanks for the suggestion. Didn't want to mar the dowels, so I was able to get a hammer and punch in from the engine side and puch the dowels out. Starter and 90 degree oil filter adapter had to be removed, but got them out clean.
Also, may have figured out the problem! Focused on aligning the SS and found the dowel in stock locations may not match up with the SS engine plate. There are 2 different size holes; bolt and larger size for the dowels. The driver side matches, but the passenger side was matched up with one of the bolt holes... So, the plate wasn't sitting flush against the block. Apparently, since I've installed a number of times, the passenger side dowel was getting pressed in and was only protruding about half the height of the driver side. Both dowels are identical... So, will look to relocate the passenger side dowel to a larger dowel hole on the plate and check alignment.
Since the dowel was preventing the plate and SS for mounting flush to the block, this would create a misalignment of the SS/trans to the crank and causing the input shaft to bind to the roller pilot bearing and possible causing the squealing noise... At least I'm hoping that's it....
Wish me luck...
pettybludart - Thanks for the suggestion. Didn't want to mar the dowels, so I was able to get a hammer and punch in from the engine side and puch the dowels out. Starter and 90 degree oil filter adapter had to be removed, but got them out clean.
Also, may have figured out the problem! Focused on aligning the SS and found the dowel in stock locations may not match up with the SS engine plate. There are 2 different size holes; bolt and larger size for the dowels. The driver side matches, but the passenger side was matched up with one of the bolt holes... So, the plate wasn't sitting flush against the block. Apparently, since I've installed a number of times, the passenger side dowel was getting pressed in and was only protruding about half the height of the driver side. Both dowels are identical... So, will look to relocate the passenger side dowel to a larger dowel hole on the plate and check alignment.
Since the dowel was preventing the plate and SS for mounting flush to the block, this would create a misalignment of the SS/trans to the crank and causing the input shaft to bind to the roller pilot bearing and possible causing the squealing noise... At least I'm hoping that's it....
Wish me luck...
