Chad's 68 Camaro V3.0 build. LS3 & TCI goodies

[Mkelcy]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

Well I've been working on the car a little bit each night this week. After failing to get up the motivation to even touch it Monday I made a deal with myself to at least do an hour a night.

So after a few nights I got the tranny pulled and flywheel & clutch out.

Let me just say that trying to pull the tranny without draining it was a bonehead move. I made a huge freakin mess and still have to add fluid. Oh well now I know.

Also, learned that a torque arm and tight exhaust makes driveshaft removal a huge PIA. Luckily I was able to slide it bad far enough to get out of the way without totally removing it. I had a few requests to Magnaflow when I dropped the car off and luckily they did a good job of routing it so I could pull the tranny without totally removing the exhaust.

As far as diagnosing the vibration I did start it up with the clutch removed and just the flywheel installed. Vibration was still there. Today I dropped the flywheel and pressure plate off to get checked and rebalanced if necessary. They won't have it done until next Tuesday at the earliest so I have until then to wonder about the motor lol.

Also found another present from Pomona Valley Customs in the form of a stripped bolt into my block at the top of the bell housing. They installed a totally different thread than the rest of the bolts. What a bunch of friggen yahoos.

I never drain the transmission except when I mean to change fluid. Instead I use one of these, which you can get in almost any auto parts store:



They seal really well. I needed to put the tape on mine to fill in the gap between the normal size rear seal and the larger seal in the Viper T56 .

The bolt situation on these cars is really a pain. The M10-1.5 metric bolts are almost the same size and thread as a 3/8-16 SAE bolt. If you have both sitting around, you really need to pay attention.