:)
well done --
had to do this twice on the side of the road with the 69 bay
glad yours was a success
:)
yours

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Edward Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who sent procedures and advice. My replacement manual
> transmission (reportedly recently rebuilt) went in the '85 today. With the
> help of my father and his friend's lift, it wasn't too bad. About seven
> hours including some standing arouind time. Here are the things that were
> most difficult:
>
> A little hard to maneuver, but not too bad. Van was on a drive-on lift,
> with
> braces across with jacks for the engine and trans.
>
> As many have discussed today, the clutch lever was very difficult to get
> off
> the shaft. Using levers and pullers did nothing. My father's friend got it
> red hot with a welding torch and it finally came off. It bent the cross
> shaft, but fortunately we weren't re-using it- it was on the replacement
> trans.
>
> Upper starter bolt was a pain, but do-able.
>
> Forgot to check on starter bushing. Peeked back in and didn't see one, but
> didn't want to hold things up on re-assembly. I think it can live without
> one for a while, and will pull starter and install bushing later.
>
> Reverse light switch on new trans was slightly different. Old one had bare
> terminals, and a "normal/large" size. New one had plastic surrounding
> smaller terminals, which the old wires/terminals wouldn't have fit. Re-used
> old switch, which was working fine. But now back-up lights are on all the
> time. Was too late in the evening to diagnose, so pulled a wire off the
> switch. Will check operation of switch and go from there.
>
> All in all, wasn't too bad. Glad I did it and saved money over a
> professional mechanic. If I had good garage spaceof my own, I might try
> more. May have to replace engine with good used one in the next year or
> two-
> might try that, too.
>
> Ed in CT
>

--
roger w
From Proverbs:
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
servant who becomes king ...
----------------------------------------------------------
Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/
View the growing list of video work at:
http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners
and ... older work at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364