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11 hours ago, Marks71 said:
When I get back to the car I can send a photo of the hook up. I’m not sure how helpful that will be if yours is a foot of reaching the carb. Is there some kind of end on the cable?
The end of the cable has a rectangular slot on it. It might reach I haven’t actually tried it just seems short. I’ll try to run it up to the carb while I’m working on it this weekend
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2 minutes ago, Marks71 said:
I just did the exact same thing a couple days ago. Went to change the fluid and filter when I noticed the small leak. After reinstalling the pan, I left the fluid out until the tool and seal arrived from Amazon (2days). I had to open up the hole in the tool because it didn’t fit over the shifter shaft. It left a sharp edge that I softened up to prevent scoring the shaft. Then I took a file to sharpen the lead in thread to get the tool to bite into the old seal to remove it. I’m not with the car now but when I get back I can send a photo.
So the tool and seal come tomorrow. That was just part of the story of why I was under there. I’m looking to see where the kickdown cable attaches. It seems to be about a foot too short to go to the drivers side of the carb
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My ‘70 350/350 has a trans leak. Went under and found the shifter seal leaking. $14 from Amazon with the tool 👍 While I was looking for the leak I noticed on the passenger side that the kickdown cable is connected to the trans but the top end is swinging in the breeze. Where does the other end connect to?
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Well I got the exhaust finished Sunday and it sounds amazing! Went for a drive and the trans shifted perfectly. Hopefully it stays that way.
Next step is to replace the headlights and look into the dash light wiring. I’ve been a mechanic for 20 years so none of this is new to me. Also the Mitchell program at work has all the wiring diagrams so that’s cool
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On 9/5/2023 at 12:43 PM, 420ponies said:
Almost forgot to mention, Welcome to the Club!! Very nice'70 you have there. As for pictures, they are always welcome here as everyone likes to look at the improvements/ modifications we do to these Monte's. I'm in the middle of BBC / Turbo 400 swap in mine. I had to upgrade to a 12 bolt that I see is present in your '70 . Do you know what gear ratio it has? Always curious about that. Looks like some good upgrades all ready. Did it already have the upper/ lower rear control arms on it? Good upgrade, just hope that the bushings were done at the same time. Oh , and Semper Fi Brother !!
Thanks I’ve only had it a few weeks but I love this car. As for gear ratio I forgot to count the teeth when I was in there so I might have to do the wheel/driveshaft count method. The red control arms were already there. Eventually I’ll paint them black 👍
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26 minutes ago, Dtret said:
Can you just take the two pieces to an exhaust shop and have them fix the bend real quick. Save you the two trips. Maybe.
It’s just the tip at the end, I just need to round it out to make it circular again.
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1 hour ago, Dtret said:
You’re a good man Andrew. Remember we don’t mean to be offensive, we are all trying to help everyone. All we get are pictures, you got the real deal experience. They say a picture is worth a thousand words but sometimes it doesn’t tell the whole story. I do hope that your transmission is ok though, not fun to change.
I hope so too. Need to rent a pipe expander tomorrow to finish the exhaust. The h pipe was dented a bit on one end so the pipe won’t slip in 🙄 once that is fixed I can drive it and hope for the best. A rebuilt is only like $1600 so it’s not too bad but I’d rather not have to replace it
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And yeah all that material in the trans pan does not look good. If the trans takes a crap on me I’ll throw another one in 👍 thanks for the advice everyone. Mc1of80 sorry I got my panties in a knot 😂
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4 hours ago, Dtret said:
Andrew please don’t take offense to Tom’s comment. I get what he’s saying. The picture of the dirty trans pan tells the story. That’s a lot of fiber material in there. Is it possible that the previous owner may have started to have slippage and just did a quick fluid change to see if that would fix the issue?
Yeah I know what he was saying. Telling me there’s no way it was clean fluid put me off a bit, I saw it with my own eyes I know what it looked like. No worries on my end.
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57 minutes ago, MC1of80 said:
Sorry to inform you of this but, that transmission doesn't have a long life left. And I'm sorry, there is no way the fluid was cherry red. Maybe slightly reddish at best. Way too much material in the bottom of the pan and trans fluid acts like a detergent.
Oh ok thanks for correcting me. I must not know what I’m talking about.
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30 minutes ago, Rob Peters said:
Nice work Andrew. I have a question, when you say the front rotor was grooved was it just one groove near the center or was it multiple groves. If it was only the one near the center of the rotor surface that would mean it was possibly the factory rotor. From the factory they did have the single groove near the center of the surface.
rob
It had multiple grooves in it, and a really deep one near the outside edge
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On 9/2/2023 at 9:44 AM, rsorg said:
welcome, like glen said there are shows all over this area,roger
My grandmothers maiden name was Sorge and she had a brother named Roger…. Weird
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Last thing I got to before I started to lose daylight and energy to keep working was replacing the drivers front brakes. Again the rotor was grooved so someone did a pad slap on a damaged rotor. Not the ideal way to make this repair. I replaced the pads and rotor and cleaned and repacked the bearings. Tomorrow will be the passenger side brakes, both front shocks, and an oil change. Then it’s Flowmaster time 😁
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Moving forward I had noticed the trans pan leaking so I dropped it and changed the filter. Here is a tip for everyone, if your trans pan bolts are all finger tight it’s going to leak…. Whoever had this car should not be touching cars. Anyway the pan was just as bad as the rear diff cover, but the fluid was nice and clean…. So someone dropped the pan but didn’t bother to clean it? No idea. Anyway it’s clean now and back in 👍
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Rear brakes were good so I adjusted them. Someone ran the old ones way too long and grooved the drums so I’ll replace those. Half assed work was a theme today. New shoes but re-use the old damaged drums? 🙄
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While I was back there I pulled the cover off the rear diff and replaced the oil. Don’t forget to change your diff oil once in a while or it will look like this! Cover was full of slime so that had to be cleaned too. Not showroom ready but much better
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Today was a busy day. Started off by replacing the rear springs, she had a lean to the passenger side so I’m hoping this will correct that. Shocks were also toast so those had to go
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So I thought I would share some more pictures and then share what I did today. Here are some engine and interior pictures
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My wallet does feel noticeably lighter all of a sudden
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Guess I better get to work
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Don’t worry I’ll have plenty of pictures soon. New exhaust just got to my house yesterday, and I have a ton of parts to pick up at NAPA tonight. Going to be pretty busy but I’ll post updates as I go.
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Hey I’m new here, just thought I’d drop a picture of the 1970 that I just bought. 39 years old and I could finally afford my first muscle car!
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12 Bolt Rear end Build in northern Illinois?
in General 70-72 Monte Carlo Forum
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How far North? I know a shop in Villa Park