Mike

So, let's take a look at what needs to happen when you slide a tranny into the engine. Transmission shaft must align with two things: clutch teeth and pilot bushing. Take it one step at a time. 1) Does your clutch teeth slide down the tranny shaft easily? You might need to remove it and push it up and down the shaft to make sure. 2) Does the tranny shaft tip fit easily into the pilot bushing? If these two items are ok, then you have something else blocking the bellhousing. Are all of these parts stock or did you buy aftermarket or high performance parts?

They could have done better. Fill it up with gas, put a ramp at the end of the deck, and shoot the car! KABOOM!

Don't force it !! That tranny should slide right in after you get past the frustrating part. Pull it out and make sure you didn't do something to that pilot bushing. Are you using the bushing or did you buy an upgraded version with the bearings? You might also have to put the tranny in gear so that it will rotate when you rotate the outter housing. Right now it might be sitting still while you rotate the housing and not lining up. BTW: I've changed many clutches in my day and I've never used an alignment tool. I simply align the clutch disk by holding it up on the outer edge of the pressure plate.

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Yea, this is a good idea. But, I don't want to re-invent the wheel. Carl has done a lot of work on this, so, I'll approch him to see if it can be updated.

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Hey Derk, Excellent!! Thanks for including us. We can always support more traffic and I'm excited that we've been in print!! I think the only other (printing) place that has mentioned our name is Sport Z Mag. I'll put a message in our news area about your column and we can hope that users go back to your site as well!

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I can tell you that even tiny bubbles can be a sign that things are MUCH WORSE on the inside. I can guarantee that you'll have a lot of work on your hands.... just by the description you gave. If you have the tools and the welding experience, go for it.

What happened to the part about her wanting to get it running because she loves the car? Did she just decide to sell it to you at some point?

I also discovered that he is a member here. His username is rzola

Excellent!! Thank you Keith! I'll be ordering a few of those parts now!!

Can you really print these and install them ? Somehow I don't trust that method. Even buying a vinyl sticker and putting that on the guage seems to be an evil thing to do. Doesn't someone make a plastic cover for the guages? I mean, something that will snap into place that can be removed at a later date? I seem to remember finding this kind of thing last year. But, I blew it off because my project is so far out.

You're blind. He gave the email in the message.

Sounds good. Thanks !

Cary, is this a business ad?

I think those two round modules to the left are part of the EFI system. They are driven by vacuum and will prevent the car from starting if the proper vacuum conditions exist. You'll notice that the vacuum tubes run down to a plastic bottle just below. I never totally understood the safety equipment surrounding my EFI system when I got it working. But, I had to analyze the whole system and these were part of it. Basically, this is what I understood: The EFI system would not start properly if the engine did not have proper vacuum. If the engine suddenly loses power, vacuum will stop, and the electric fuel pump will also stop pumping fuel. These were the only things I could see that were capable of transferring vacuum into a computer signal. I can also only imagine that the canister below was a reserve tank in case the engine sputtered (similar to an electrical brown-out), but, did not stop.

Not yet... I want to buy these new. Something like this has to be done right because I don't want to take the door apart again down the road. I'll check with these resto guys or maybe stock has something.

I'm looking to replace the rubber that fits between the glass (in the door) and the metal bracket that holds it in place. This rubber is sandwiched between two pieces of metal and keeps the metal from touching the glass. Can I still get this stuff?

Nigel, nice site ! Impressive work. You want to help out a bit around the club?

Yea, forget the rust and the bodywork. Get the car on the road and deal with that stuff later. Where to start? Get that engine running. From reading the other posts, I assume others are in agreement here. After it's running... make it safe to drive.. Tires, brakes, etc.

Doesn't mean you can't start your own little car show in June! See if you can get a bunch of people to show up with you in June. Maybe there's a club near that area.