FordFETruck Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 Looks really good! Well done. Thanks! I also air tested everything while spinning the input shaft and everything does what it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viven44 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Thanks! I also air tested everything while spinning the input shaft and everything does what it should. Lot of great stuff here... Getting into an automatic transmission is no ordinary feat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 Lot of great stuff here... Getting into an automatic transmission is no ordinary feat!! Yep, not like engine work but once you do one or two it's really not that bad. I got a little frustrated with it here and there but I liked it more than the engine work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 Yep, not like engine work but once you do one or two it's really not that bad. I got a little frustrated with it here and there but I liked it more than the engine work. Got the engine and transmission installed today. I only have the transmission cooler lines to finish, install engine oil dipstick tube and fill the transmission with fluid and put the hood on. I plan on starting it and breaking the cam in Sunday. It was a long hot day, but I was able to get a ton done and had nothing else going on anyways and really need this back on the road. Those 6AN cooler hoses I bought are pretty nice, made it easy to run almost all the way to the driver side of the radiator. I'm going to run the stock in radiator cooler, then into the spin on filter, then into the hayden fin and plate cooler and then back to the transmission. I bought a 3 row welded aluminum radiator off Amazon and surprisingly it fit perfectly. Also put a new SFI flexplate on and a new REMY PMGR starter, the teeth on the old one were really worn I'm surprised it didn't have issues grinding. One thing that really made me mad was one of the studs on the TORCO reman torque converter I bought was a bit dinged up, it took a while to even get a thread die to start to fix it but I got it fixed anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Got the engine and transmission installed today. I only have the transmission cooler lines to finish, install engine oil dipstick tube and fill the transmission with fluid and put the hood on. I plan on starting it and breaking the cam in Sunday. It was a long hot day, but I was able to get a ton done and had nothing else going on anyways and really need this back on the road. Those 6AN cooler hoses I bought are pretty nice, made it easy to run almost all the way to the driver side of the radiator. I'm going to run the stock in radiator cooler, then into the spin on filter, then into the hayden fin and plate cooler and then back to the transmission. I bought a 3 row welded aluminum radiator off Amazon and surprisingly it fit perfectly. Also put a new SFI flexplate on and a new REMY PMGR starter, the teeth on the old one were really worn I'm surprised it didn't have issues grinding. One thing that really made me mad was one of the studs on the TORCO reman torque converter I bought was a bit dinged up, it took a while to even get a thread die to start to fix it but I got it fixed anyways. Looking good! Can't wait for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 Looking good! Can't wait for the report. Alright I've posted about this in the WHYDTYTD thread but I got the engine fired up, camshaft broken in. Changed out the Comp cams 10W30 break in oil for Penngrade1 10W40 high zddp oil and I cut the filter open and saw nothing to complain about. Most of what I saw was the moly grease I used on the cam and lifters and the magnetic drain plug had pretty much nothing on it. Transmission seems to work like it should and fluid level is full. The new severe duty Hayden fan clutch and 3 row welded aluminum radiator worked awesome, the engine never got above 195 degrees breaking the camshaft in which is a first for me doing cam break ins. Here's a short clip of it idling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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