Cars been runnin good so far, has a bit of a wondering idle at warm up but other then that it seems to run well. Making about 13 psi of boost and some typical valvetrain noise, but nothing that stands out. Changed out the rear diff fluid, this cars got 4.11 gears which is pretty neat. Transmission ratios are
1st - 2.785
2nd - 1.545
3rd - 1.000
4th - 0.694
Ordered up a transmission pan gasket, and filter. The amount of orange goop on the trans pan makes me think they didnt change a filter either.. The transmission also has a secondary spin on fluid filter..
We went over to the cabin and my father in law had his Citroen 2CV " deux chevaux ' parked there. Neat little island car.

The teflon rings showed up so i could continue to put the trans back together, i ordered 4 extra just incase.. The Genie shifter and mount also showed up, which will be nice to mount up when this is done and goes into the truck.
Got the o rings on but didnt buy the installer and just used a seal pick to ease them into place. I also didnt have the resizing tool after either and just used electrical tape to restrict them in there grooves after ensuring they were correctly orientated.
- I was then able to slide on and clock the input reverse drum with the input carrier, confirmed it was fully seated by ensuring the thrust washer was moving with the input drum.
- I was then able to clock the 3-4 frictions inside the case with the planetary gears. This wasnt the easiest part but just keep at it a bit n shell go. The book says you can confirm the 3 points of meshing are fully engaged when the input drum is sitting just below the oil pump seating surface in the case.
- Once installed in the case i could install the drum band, and seat the band pin also. The book has a hard to read drawing of where the tangs are supposed to be seated so im hoping i got it right. Ill probably confirm before i stick the pump on.
Also while i was away this weekend i happened to be cruising Princessauto online sales and find this kneumatic/hydraulic 13t pipe bender on sale from 549$ for 239$ taxes in... Reason for this is with how crazy shipping prices are, finding a set of manifolds for this car is proving tougher and more expensive than i had thought. The cats are right there under the front of the car and are pretty roasted. Im hoping to cut them out and build my own y pipe.. probably look like chit but hey!, its fun.
Will be sweet to learn how to use this for all sorts of stuff. It came with 1/2 inch to 2 inch dies. I know this wont work for most truck exhausts or anything but will be more for fabing structured stuff and making this car exhaust. Last tool i want to aqquire is a table saw for cutting metal, almost jumped on a good deal for a wooden one, but then with some internet diggin i realized cutting steel the rpms must be slower and havent jumped on any used ones yet.
