Friday, August 2, 2013

First Repair on the '56 Completed!

For a auto restoration amateur like me, it's important to celebrate every little success, so....whoopee for me :-)
I was able to determine what kind of transmission was installed by using the fluid pan bold patter chart found at http://www.maliburacing.com/auto_tranny_id.htm


1Aluminum Powerglide14 bolts
2TH200 Metric11 bolts
3TH35013 bolts
4TH40013 bolts
5TH200-4R16 bolts
6TH700-R4, 4L60, 4L60E16 bolts
74L80E

I was then able to look up the part I needed at http://www.jegs.com/p/Spectre/Spectr...28237/10002/-1

I bought the plastic model because it's not a show car and I did not know how much of a hold I would need for the starter to fit through.  It turns out I had to cut most of that side away to fit it around the starter but it turned out well.  (Pic to follow)

Next up: What's that knocking in my left front wheel?