First, a donor car, from which to learn.
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It's a '67 Sedan.
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Oh, it's been here for 14 years...
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The owner is GIVING it to me.
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Hmm... Looks like animals have been here.
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Look like they've been here recently...
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Looks like they're still here!
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Surprise! We woke up the possum!
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Isn't he a cutie!
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The car is a mess.
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Mold and mildew have taken over the interior.
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We hauled it to my house for the transmission removal.
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The truck driver was impressed with its size.
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I washed one half to see what it would look like.
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Inside is still bad in daylight.
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Nice pattern in the cloth seat.
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the car could have shined up nicely.
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To get the trunk ope, Keith removed the cylinder.
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A squirrel's jackpot!
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Mexican car horn?
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Brand new spare?
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This is as good as it got.
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Start by removing the upper bolts before you raise the car.
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We had it as high as we dared.
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Blocks and jack stands pushed it up.
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Here's Doug after removing his trophy: a sending unit.
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He used it as a core for a replacement from Bakers.
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Poof. It is removed.
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It was one FREAKIN' heavy trans.
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We used what we learned pulling the '67's to remove my '66's.
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The trans is coated with oil and the oil is painted!
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Miss a bolt and you break your bell housing. This will be repaired later.
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We cleaned and cleaned and cleaned...
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Lots of soap and elbow grease to get off years of oil.
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It's probably not the most environmentally friendly thing to do.
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When it was done it was clean.
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You can actually see the trans!
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FoMoCo... like MoFo?
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Casting numbers are ledgible now.
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RF-C6VP-7A040 (FoMoCo)
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The flex plate and ring gear reveal no rear main leak.
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There is oil all over the underbody though.
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I repaired the BH with a little JB Weld.
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The clamp held it while the JB Weld cured.
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Our tear-down bench is a board on some saw horses.
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This is the '66's Park/Neutral Switch. It was on the side of the trans for only pat of the '66 model year.
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Remove the pan and the valve-body and you can see the guts.
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Here's the valve body, draining.
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The front pump is removed.
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Here is the front pump, one main gear, and the drum.
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Empty trans?
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Look inside and see your future....
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Keith carefully replaces thrust bearings, etc.
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keith replaced them one at a time.
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I don't know what these parts are waiting for.
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We reasembled the trans the opposite as it was disassembled.
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Coating the friction parts with trans fluid is essential to good initial wear.
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Slide everything back in.
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Almost done.
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This is the last step to getting it back in.
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No trans jack means wood is your tool.
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