The builder stopped by to help getting her running for the first time and re-curve the distributor. Here's the video, everything went without any issues at all.. At the end she's idling at around 900 rpm, need to bring that down. www.allmystuff.org/postings/new289.asf

I have some exhaust leaks to address and still need to complete the shifter linkage.

 

very nice! the video is kinda 'poppy'

im going to start ordering parts for my engine soon. then rent a hoist to put them all on.

 

Yeah, the video camrea is a cheep POS..

 

Sounds really good and solid. Nice build. Get them leaks fixed and lets have a video on the street!

Nice work slickman!

 

Glad you got her going Slick. Now, take care of that puppy for several thousand miles before you romp on it.

 

Been playing a bit with the AOD. Letting it set some so I can go and check the oil level again. She was low about 5 qts.. The thing I don't understand is, it has about 70 psi in park. The TV cable is hooked up but its lose and not adjusted yet. I know you're suppose to adjust it in neutral so I'm going to do that maybe later after I get the oil level right. From what I have found on the internet, you should have no more then 20 psi in natural. But why it has 70 psi in park, I don't know.

 

Don't know either. Get the tv cable adjusted and keep checking the fluid level. Ya gotta break that puppy in slow and carefully.

 

Well, ran into a problem but not with the engine. The AOD will not shift out of first gear and at an idle its at 70 PSI which I know is not right. It should not be more then 5 - 10 PSI. The TV cable seems to not make any change at all. So, I need to take this to a tranny shop and it get looked at [:@] I guess this $500 deal was not such a deal. [:@][:@]

 

I fixed the link guys..

 

There's nothing wrong with the tranny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A friend of mine who knows a tranny guy stopped over. He told me the TV cable needed to be re-mounted at the tranny. He did not like the way it was and told me to check out the TV lever when I was at it. Sooooooooooo, it turned out that the inner return spring for the TV lever was not returning the lever all the way home. I setup a temp spring to keep it home and that was it!!! The pressure is down to 0 in neutral!!! Now I have to mount up the spring permanent and I'm all set.....[sm=bounceybounce.gif]