ok easy problem but your gonna gave to pull and do a little research.
first part go out and see if you find a cable undone located about where the tailshaft of the tranny "WAS",, this would have hooked up to your speed sensor
second,, locate the speed sensor on your new tranny and wire it up to there. you not going to have MPH function until this connector is fabricated up to the speedsensor on your new tranny. Something tells me a chevy guru needs to be your buddy right now.
thats your problem,, get your existing speed sensor connector hooked up to where the speed sensor is on your chevy tranny.
you gotta be specific so tell me, do you have full digital or just the speedo do you have all the dash lighting working properly does the speedo light up green but no numbers display
looks good to me,, and when they go to full rest,, they aught to be darn near the out of sight.,, if they are not, remove the arm and move them.
do they bump into the upright on the driver side when you have the wiper set on full speed? if so,, move the arms ccw looking at the wiper from the outside of the car.
actually it was a test and we passed. now on to step 2 of 100 to find the best of the best in automotive support on the web.
thank god weve got auto mechs here who work on other cars as welll as fords.
you never know guys/gals, we might find ourselves infront of the tv one day watching motor trend and here someone say "and for the ho conversion you might wanna check out foxtbirdcougarforums.com for some advice, those guys really know thier stuff"
ill probably just make one out of copper pipe and cut the lubrication slit by hand.
tranny shop says they can order it but i cant figure out why so many tranny shops consider it a long lead item. seems pretty easy to get to and should be replaced every so often.
chris, you know what i like about rebuilds? the installation. when you pull , you get dirty when you install, its a clean job and yours is an example.
I always wonder why the heck did someone ever have a reason for getting dirty while putting a motor in. If you did it right, you could wear your sunday best and install your engine.
if your trademark was "the guy with the clean ass cougar" then snap back to reality and start shopping and get out of the demante or whatever that thing is. If you dont snap back,, your passing up an opportunity to set an example.
i grab my drive shaft where is comes out of the tailshaft of the tranny and there is a lot of play. Im gonna keep putting this off till one day i see smoke pouring out the rearvew mirror.
the bushings are very cheap but i cant seem to find em on the shelf anywhere.
for anyone who's like "wtf is this guy talking about" the tail shaft bushing is what your yoke on the drive shaft spins against while it turns. when this shim gets worn,, you will have a vibration and noise that sounds like its coming from the center of the car.
you aint gonna see your old woodruff key cause it way the hell up in the timing cover on the crank. get back under the car and shine a light in past the front timing cover seal,, its there,, your probably not gonna need the new one cause the old one is still in the crank. trust me,, this is a good thing caue all you have to do is get the new harmonic up and slide it on ,,, rotate it a little till you feel something grab,,add your crank bolt and tighten er up.
you must have a slot in your new harmonic dont you?
take the starter off and get a light under there. sounds like your flywheel is stripped out.
are these ring gears replaceable? i never really noticed on my car or not. anyone?
actually,, before you go thru that trouble,, rotate the crank with a socket/extention/breaker bar so as to reposition the flywheel. try to start again,, if it turns over then you hear some wierd noise that sounds bad,, your flywheel is shot.
