Posted by CSCameron [174.26.4.12] on Monday, October 27, 2014 at 20:34:33 :
Thanks to all that responded recently to my request for help dis-assembling my tranny tower.
I thought I would post a before and after pic. That big spring holding the shift lever does "unscrew". Took quite a bit of finesse but it finally came out using a pair of vise grips and big channel locks. It went back in, after being cleaned up, very easily.
Some good news was that the shift ball was like new. No wallowing out of the pin channel like I had heard was quite common.
I also fixed my "no reverse" problem. The reverse stop assembly was frozen. The spring had rusted to the retainer and would not flex. After a thorough cleaning it works as it should.
Now does anyone have an exploded diagram for the second series tranny tower? My manuals don't show the same parts as my tower has. I need to know where all the balls, springs, interlock plungers, and cap go?
Thanks again,
Clark
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