The Jalopy Journal
By "clean" he meant there was no blood on it. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
The new floor came out amazing. So much better than I could have done. I requested a removable panel for future work -- so the trans top cover and...
I had limited access to my water distribution tube. I could slide it partway out, but not completely. If I pulled the grille, I could have removed...
I'm using 90W GL-1, plain mineral oil. Cheaply available at NAPA. Recommended by my transmission mentor. Modern GL-5 is a no-go because the...
Dropped Viola off yesterday to get this floor mess taken care of. :D She's in good hands at Throttle Jockey Originals. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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It drives AWESOME. This car has never been more fun.
What. A. Difference. Finally, the shifting motion in this car is natural. It feels right. This car has never been more fun to drive. Weather...
I fit the shifter in place complete with detent balls and springs, and the shifter stick was just able to touch the dashboard when pushing forward...
The Buick case was bolted up to determine where to cut the floor. I need a hole big enough to drop the case cover/shifter on from the top. The...
So, I was unhappy with the feel of the Ansen shifter. Very sloppy shifting motion, especially when finding 1st gear. The shifter had a short stick...
I have a correction on the wire spacer. It was in there ... my dad put that snap ring in there. With no pictures I recalled that step from memory...
Second on the shroud -- and see if you can find an appropriate fan upgrade from a factory AC car.
I can't even venture a guess; it's at least 2 owners removed from the last time it was in a car. For all I know the car it was in tumbled down a...
I saw no such wire spacer. I received this main shaft with 2nd gear and the snap ring installed, and I did not have fun pulling that snap ring.
Install shifter rails and forks. The bolts for the forks are drilled for safety wire -- supposedly they are not self-locking threads. Safe bet is...
Spacer and speedometer drive gear are installed next, followed by the tail housing. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Doesn't that look nice! [ATTACH]
At this point there were a lot of hands in the case, and I didn't get good pictures. Start the second-gear snap ring down the front of the...
Proceeding with the assembly process ... Once the input shaft is in place, you can install the countershaft. Same as with the idler, I used the...
Going to take a moment to document what I've learned about distinguishing a 56 Pontiac transmission (or gears) from a 57. - 1957 has a thrust...
The new bearings I'm installing at the front and rear of the case are heavy-duty --- greater torque capacity than stock equipment. Right off the...
The last thing I needed from the selector trans was the speedo drive gear, and the Pontiac-specific spacer. Spacer slips right off once you pull...
I also thought the groove was strange. But maybe this transmission was built to go behind a Pontiac? Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using The...
1956 Pontiac main shaft, overall length 20-7/8"[IMG] Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Pontiac input shafts are 1-1/8" 10 spline, yes. I assumed Olds was the same, I think that size was common for many years. Sent from my ONEPLUS...
Annandale, MN. They gave me a fair price on this selector trans when I was first assembling the parts to convert from Hydramatic. Sent from my...
I have two compete Pontiac gear sets now, and I believe one set to be 1956 and the other 1957. In my selector transmission, reported by French...
1956 Pontiac main shaft is 1-3/16" diameter where the speedometer drive gear sits.[IMG] Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
1956 Pontiac input shaft is 6-3/4" overall, from the face of the case. The pilot is 1-1/6" long.[IMG] Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using The...
A couple of 2017 photos. Soon I'll update you on this winter's work -- exciting progress is being made. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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