Re: [AMC-list] T-35 Transmission Stuff

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Damn, makes me feel bad for scrapping the las two I had...
Could not give them awar except for scrap.

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

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> From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:37:54 AM
> Subject: [AMC-list] T-35 Transmission Stuff
> 
> I got the 65 Rambler registered this week, in spite of the recent
> furloughs and long lines at the DMV here in Kalifornia. 
>  
> But the car has a pretty messy transmission leak, which I think is
> coming from the shifter shaft o-ring.  I had parted out a fairly low
> mileage Rambler 330 a couple of years ago and decided I would take a
> change on resealing the T-35 transmission from that car and putting it
> in the blue Rambler.   I have never actually driven this transmission
> so it was essentailly a pig in a poke but I thought I would open it
> and see if it looked good and if so, I would reseal it.    The soft
> parts kit came from Northwest transmission parts   Pics are below. (
> You may have to cut and paste to see photos.)
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=003.jpg
>  
> The T-35 tag.   There's an AMC part number on the tag and the -35
> digits indicate it's a T-35.
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=005.jpg
>  
> Front seal as fount.
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=009-1.jpg
>  
> New front seal intalled.  I used a little blue RTV on the outside of
> the seal (insurance against leaks).
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=007.jpg
>  
> Rear seal as found.
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=011-1.jpg
> Transmission mount looks very good and has pliable rubber.  The mount
> has not obviously been oil soaked.  The car had sat in the CA desert
> for years before it got it.
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=010.jpg
>  
> Oill pan showing shifter arm in the bottom of the photo.  The shaft on
> that arm is retained by a tapered pin which I was not able to remove. 
> I tried to make a tool to remove that pin but after spending most of
> an afternoon, I was not able to remove the pin.  The Kent-Moore tool
> required is a J-9644.  I know a guy who has one but he doesn't loan
> tools.
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=012.jpg
> Oil pan after romoval.  Not the alnico magnet in the pan, covered with
> a few metallic shavings.  I'm hoping this is normal.   The rest of the
> tranny looked clean, but I did clean the screens.
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=013.jpg
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=014.jpg
>  
> Screen before cleaning.  It has a little debris on it.  
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=015.jpg
> Screen after cleaning.
>  
> http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o115/pacerman_01/?action=view&current=017.jpg
> All buttoned up.   I had bead blasted the exterior of the pan and used
> some machine grey spray paint I had on the shelf.  I will try to get
> this installed this weekend.  I hav ethe big nut driveshaft but I
> don't intend the mess with the big nut.  The TSM says to move
> disconned the rear axle at the springs and move it back.  That's what
> I plan to do.  
>  
> Joe Fulton
> Salinas, CA
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