Gary Lewis Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I sure hope it'll work nicely I'm not sure what I got, my coworker was over helping me do some drywall work on the 15th, I ran into a little bit of mold and tore some drywall out in the garage office, I started coughing immediately from it, mixed up some bleach and water pretty strong and sprayed it, the fumes made me feel pretty crappy and I felt ill ever since. I don't think I really got sick from the mold or bleach but I think it brought it on as my coworker and his whole family have had the same stuff I had, he got tested and it wasn't covid, but it sure is nasty stuff whatever it is. The first couple days I had a fever and it felt like a chemical burn down into my lungs which may have also been from the bleach a bit, but I got about 3 hours of sleep total the 15th through the 18th, and had a really sore throat and bad voice the rest of the time, followed by a sinus infection type deal later in the week. I feel pretty much back to normal today, just in time to go back to work tomorrow It is a bummer to be ill on your vacation! But glad you are getting well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 It is a bummer to be ill on your vacation! But glad you are getting well. Alright got this thing together other than the pump and valve body. The boost valve was really worn so I ordered the sonnax boost valve update/repair kit for it and the pump gears should be here tomorrow. It went together pretty well. Here are a bunch of pictures showing the TCI low drag kit/torrington bearing kit. I did have to reuse the thrust washer for the reverse/high drum, I remember having to do that on the last one as well. I forgot to get a pic of the low/reverse clutch pack in the case but its in there and the clearances were good. The teflon sealing rings on the forward and stator didn't work out, I couldn't get them to cooperate so I installed the metal sealing rings there. The two teflon and 1 metal on the governor worked fine. I also painted the headers with rustoleum high heat silver BBQ paint. Sprayed on nice and dried fast, we'll see how well it holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Alright got this thing together other than the pump and valve body. The boost valve was really worn so I ordered the sonnax boost valve update/repair kit for it and the pump gears should be here tomorrow. It went together pretty well. Here are a bunch of pictures showing the TCI low drag kit/torrington bearing kit. I did have to reuse the thrust washer for the reverse/high drum, I remember having to do that on the last one as well. I forgot to get a pic of the low/reverse clutch pack in the case but its in there and the clearances were good. The teflon sealing rings on the forward and stator didn't work out, I couldn't get them to cooperate so I installed the metal sealing rings there. The two teflon and 1 metal on the governor worked fine. I also painted the headers with rustoleum high heat silver BBQ paint. Sprayed on nice and dried fast, we'll see how well it holds up. Wow! That looks surgically clean. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Wow! That looks surgically clean. Nice! It needs to be surgically clean! Every tranny shop I know has a stainless counter with a drain, like a restaurant kitchen dishwasher or a morgue. Those headers look sharp too! Too big for the home oven, I suppose.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 It needs to be surgically clean! Every tranny shop I know has a stainless counter with a drain, like a restaurant kitchen dishwasher or a morgue. Those headers look sharp too! Too big for the home oven, I suppose.... I give all the parts a scrubbing in my parts washer that has diesel and a ton of brake cleaner mixed into it, then I give everything a straight up brake cleaner bath after that, followed by a blow dry with compressed air. The inside of the case I pressure washed and that worked excellent for getting the dirt out of the aluminum pores. It's as clean as I could make it and keep it putting it together, which is probably cleaner than some transmission shops. Before I did this I also blew the garage out several times with the leaf blower to get as much dirt and dust out of the garage as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 I give all the parts a scrubbing in my parts washer that has diesel and a ton of brake cleaner mixed into it, then I give everything a straight up brake cleaner bath after that, followed by a blow dry with compressed air. The inside of the case I pressure washed and that worked excellent for getting the dirt out of the aluminum pores. It's as clean as I could make it and keep it putting it together, which is probably cleaner than some transmission shops. Before I did this I also blew the garage out several times with the leaf blower to get as much dirt and dust out of the garage as possible. I got my pump gears yesterday and assembled the pump and installed it in the transmission. End play in the trans was at the limit of .045" so I bought the stator selective thrust washer kit. I had the same issue with the other C6 I did years ago after installing the low drag kit, a thicker thrust washer was needed to get the end play in check. I was hoping to put the engine and trans back in the truck this Sunday but I guess it'll probably be the weekend after now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 I got my pump gears yesterday and assembled the pump and installed it in the transmission. End play in the trans was at the limit of .045" so I bought the stator selective thrust washer kit. I had the same issue with the other C6 I did years ago after installing the low drag kit, a thicker thrust washer was needed to get the end play in check. I was hoping to put the engine and trans back in the truck this Sunday but I guess it'll probably be the weekend after now. It is frustrating to have to wait, but it is better to do it right than have to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 It is frustrating to have to wait, but it is better to do it right than have to do it again. Yep, definitely not a job I want to do twice for no reason. The transmission did turn super smooth and easy with all those torrington bearings though. I was able to apply low/reverse and direct/reverse with two air nozzles and turn the output shaft in reverse using 1 hand on the input shaft with ease. Couldn't do that with all the thrust washers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Yep, definitely not a job I want to do twice for no reason. The transmission did turn super smooth and easy with all those torrington bearings though. I was able to apply low/reverse and direct/reverse with two air nozzles and turn the output shaft in reverse using 1 hand on the input shaft with ease. Couldn't do that with all the thrust washers. The front pump selective thickness thrust washer kit came in yesterday and I put the pump in after work last night, I have .015-.016" end play now. The sonnax boost valve I bought with the O rings on the outside of the body didn't work so I just put the original boost valve back in, it had some wear but worked fine. Transmission is now ready to go I plan on putting the engine and transmission back in thursday. I also put helicoils in the 3 bolt holes for the inspection cover, one was stripped and the other two were almost stripped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 The front pump selective thickness thrust washer kit came in yesterday and I put the pump in after work last night, I have .015-.016" end play now. The sonnax boost valve I bought with the O rings on the outside of the body didn't work so I just put the original boost valve back in, it had some wear but worked fine. Transmission is now ready to go I plan on putting the engine and transmission back in thursday. I also put helicoils in the 3 bolt holes for the inspection cover, one was stripped and the other two were almost stripped. Looks really good! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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