Need a hand.

[bad64chevelle]

Anyone gonna be around tomorrow at all? I need another set of hands or two to line up the transmission in the car, and get it into place. I had TheHammer out at my house tonight, and my other jerk friend never showed up like he said he would. The car is on a lift, so its not really gonna be a big problem, its just kinda bulky and lining it up isnt the most fun. An hour or two tops. Thanks in advance. Car is in Wrightstown.

Jon

[Rich189]

i can help saturday as long as i dont get stuck for another double but i gotta meet a client today dinner with ana's parents and then work for tonight :{

[Mike]

figures im leaving in 3 hours to go to meghans graduation, jon if its not done im off mon-weds this week

[JL8Jeff]

If you still need a hand later after work or tomorrow, let me know. I'm at work until 5 so I can't help during the day.

[BigAls87Z28]

I have to see what time Im at work till. I think the best I could do is get tehre around 8ish...probably too late.

[bad64chevelle]

Well I will have one buddy out around 4 to do some work on his car and TheHammer will be there 830ish tonight on through Sunday, I want to try to get it in tonight if at all possible, so let me know bigal. or anyone else. Thanks

[BigAls87Z28]

Tonight is a neg since Ill be at work till 9ish.
I will see what my schedual is for tomorrow.

[bad64chevelle]

Ok let me know.

[BonzoHansen]

I might be around tonight

[JL8Jeff]

Jon, do you want me to give you a shout when I get home from work in about 30-45 minutes? I'll need directions to your house if you still need help. I just want to catch the Flyers game tonight at 7 so it doesn't leave a lot of time.

[procamaroz28]

hand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand
enjoy! :lol:

[BigAls87Z28]

10 to 7 tomorrow, and I can head down.

[bad64chevelle]

Okay I am gonna hopefully get the trans in tonight. But we will see.

[PolarBear]

If you still need a hand tomorrow I should be able to help for a little while, I just have to go to sears and pick up the tool cart I bought last weekend. After that I was going to work on the Camaro but I didnt have a lot I could do this weekend on it.

[bubba428]

I'd love to come give you a hand, wouldn't be the first trans lol, but the T/A has NO brakes atm so yea....

[PolarBear]

Scott actually asked me to go tonight, but I am still stuck at work right now. With no idea when I may actually get to leave...... OT is nice though on my 5th day!

[BTK79]

Too bad , I am working would of liked to see the trans get done . Good luck & hope you guys get alot done tonight.

[bad64chevelle]

turns out the pilot bushing mushroomed at some point, we tore it back down and I need to get the bushing out tomorrow, and hopefully a new one in. Will be doing this all over again tomorrow...

[Mike]

ugh i feel your pain.........but now this whole page of people saying they would help saturday can show

[JL8Jeff]

Post up if you still need help today. Or PM me your contact information and location. I need to do a couple of things on the 2 cars but not too big of a deal.

[Rich189]

im out today just got done a 16 hour shift figures everytime i offer someone help or dont get much sleep the day before i get stuck at work

[PolarBear]

Yeah I was at work late last night too, 19 hours and I got home at 2:15.
Give me a call if you need help. I might be free later still.

[bad64chevelle]

Put the new pilot in, the trans slid in fine. re checked with the clutch and pressure plate on, and wont go in now. My alignment tool allows a bit of play, so I kept re aligning and still no luck. Clutch fits on the input off the car, so I dont get whats going on.

[PolarBear]

I have found that since the alignment tool does allow for some play I like to have someone in the car ready to push the clutch pedal in when you try stabbing the trans. That way even if the clutch is off a little it moves with the input shaft there

[JL8Jeff]

I had a problem not getting the trans high enough to get it lined up right. But that was because I left the shifter and linkage on when I did the clutch. You might need to let the motor drop down a little so you can definitely get a straight shot in with the trans. I also had the TO bearing pop out of place the first time and that cause difficulty as well. Post up if you're still looking for people to come over and try to help. I'm about to light up a cigar and have a beer so I'll be out in the yard!

[BigAls87Z28]

Jon, do you still need help? Im leaving work in 20, let me know.

[bad64chevelle]

Thanks guys, I am not sure what I want to do, right now I am going to get my dads Challenger ready to go just in case I cant have the Chevelle ready. I need a break from that car its just driving me nuts. I dont want to rush the Chevelle anymore and wind up breaking something or not doing the job the right way. Atleast if I have the other car ready to go, I can get back to the Chevelle and if by some stroke of luck that gets done, I can take it.

[JL8Jeff]

Have you tried slipping the trans in without the TO bearing and clutch fork in there? If you can get it in all the way seated then you know the issue is with the TO bearing, clutch fork or pivot ball. I think GM had 2 different pivot balls over the years so you might want to check that as well.

[bad64chevelle]

I tried to slip it in with just a flywheel and the pilot-worked fine- Tried to slip it in with JUST clutch and pressure plate with no luck. That was no bell, no fork, nothing.

[JL8Jeff]

You didn't somehow put the clutch disk in backwards did you? I'm still not sure what could possibly stop the trans from going all the way in unless the clutch has the wrong # of splines or is defective. The old clutch I pulled out of the SS396 had some weld repairs done to the tabs that hold the springs in place and one of them made contact with something.