hey, im in the middle of installing the kit and ran into a few hiccups today. ive never opened a trans other than to change the filter/fluid. this is my first time doing anything to mod one. to be honest, they freak me out do to all the parts. lol but i want to learn and whats better than to dive in??? ha!
anyway, got the pan, tube, harnes and valve body apart. its used and def has some miles on it but im gonna run with it till it breaks. first issue i saw was the harnes "conduit" was all brittle and broken. it may have gotten a bit warm in there.... can i use any kind of the flexible conduit from say the engine compartment to replace it with? i have a bunch left over. obviously ill clean it up first.
second when i squuezed the clips to remove one of the harness connectors, it broke... IT DEF GOT HOT IN THERE.... so now i gotta rig one up or get a replacement from the dealer which is like 20 bucks...
third issue is when i popped the valve body off and pulled all the check balls out, a few of their little "housings" were very well worn. I got out the dremel and shaved off the debris but is this normal due to the steel ball going up and down against aluminum? is this going to cause issues now that the "cup" is somewhat worn? should i upsize the check balls to say 5/16 or is that a no-no?? i accidentally deleted the pic of how it looked before i cleaned the cups.
in the instructions it says i need to replace the 3rd accum spring with the new white spring and leave the original 4th and pcs (if it has one). well the new white spring is almost an inch shorter the the existing green one. this is normal right? my transmission does not have the pcs acum, is it better to have one or not? and my 4th accum spring was broken on the the last coil, so im picking one up from the dealer tomorrow.
and lastly, the one of the check balls was actually jammed into the seperator plate!! wtf. luckily the kit comes with a new one. but its actually 3 peices.... it has 2 rivets holding them all together but it is significantly thicker than the original. im assuming this is the way its supposed to be?? or am i supposed to pick one? just confused as to why they didnt just make one thick one instead of 3 thinner ones... makes no sense....
anyway. having fun learning this stuff. but i hate to learn the hard way with all these damn problems im having already.... hope you can clear this stuff up for me!! thanks.
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