Well obiviously u guys can tell this is my first FWD tranny iv put in.. anyways the new tranny is up to the engine but we cant get the dowel pin to slide in the front side after 2 hours of ****ing/prying with it we tryed putting a punch through it and pulling the case over on it and no DICE we got the bottom studs in and they don't help

any suggestions got 5 days before they tow this outta my friends garage lol

 

ok umm have you made sure that nothing is obstrucking the transmission case from being able to be put up for mounting to the motor :-? explain alil more lol

 

if you hit the guides too hard trying to get the tranny on, it will make them flex (kind of expand in the middle). If you did this, you might have to find a way to smooth it or cut part off.

This happened to MrGone and I on my transmission and he took a dremel and cut a little bit off that was protruding.

Go over the guides very carefully and look them over. Also check for any parts you might have put on incorrectly.

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is it an automatic? is the torque converter all the way in on the notches?

 

the torque converters in we took the tranny out from under the car one time to make sure its like 22mm in (over the 18 its suppose to be) so its on there.. nothing is hitting it we can wiggle it all over the place (tranny) the dowel pin touches the hole its suppose to go in but we just cant get it in

4 more days

 

take out the passenger side axle, that will make for one less thing you need to line up the tranny with

 

was out.. we finally got it up to it pass side axle is back in, drivers is going in tomorrow w/ brakes and im gonna fire her up now i forget which wire goes on the top/bottom of the starter lol

 

congrats bro first time doing an auto tranny drop and replace is always prolly the hardest time and longest time doing it lol i learned from that very experince myself also when i had a VE auto

 

Congrats!

Thanx for the thread. I was rhinking about it myself. No way am I going to try it now though.

:cheers:

 

drove it out today started first turn the shifter is off by 1 space which i heard is easy to fix... new intake gaskets and such.. the tranny is leaking from dipstick (Easy) but its leaking from the middle gasket which holds the 2 pieces together down the whole thing basicaly.. i prepped the surface and everything like your suppose to WTF

also I got all the vent lines hooked up besides the one on the top of the tranny with that horseshoe looking pipe i cant find any places where it goes

 

because that is an atmosphere vent. it doesn't go anywhere

 

if the gasket is leaking in the middle of the tranny then try tightening the bolts (when it's cold). if they still leak then see if you can live with it becase it'll require you to drop it again to replace the gasket..which i know you don't like to do.

 

gasket hardened no more leaky, kinda clanks in reverse but ohwell... dipstick still reads 9 inches up even after i drained 2-3 quarts must be way overfull?? and the shifter being off i got a inch of slack in my cable

 

good job! with some tweaking you should be 100% on the road again..

 

yep im gonna get the car going and my friends buying it.. currently it aint going anywhere there is 1" inch of slack in the shifter cable

 

your slack in the shifter may be because the grommet under the car is gone. Replace it before you do anything else.