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Re: T% Words of Wisdom

To: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
Subject: Re: T% Words of Wisdom
From: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:14:08 -0800
Cc: mgb-v8@autox.team.net
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Reply-to: David Kernberger <dkern@napanet.net>
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11/23/00

Kevin,

        A strange question perhaps, but is there actually a front seal on
this transmission?  Volvo 4-speeds, all American 3-speeds, and all
British-made Morris Minor 4-speeds I have ever disassembled, are without
front seals as such.  I have never worked with any American 4- or 5-speeds
so do not know what they have.  These others just rely on a close fit of
the front bearing retainer around the shaft, as well as a partial shield on
the inside face of the front bearing to control oil.  Some also have a
spiral groove cut into the main drive gear shaft which is supposed to
"spiral" oil back into the transmission, through a return hole, due to
shaft rotation.

        Can't help with the jamup problem you describe.  Surely somebody
else will be able to.  Torque specs are also unknown to me but I suspect
are not crucial.  I certainly hope you have not actually dropped any needle
bearings.  In my experience, this usually involves quite a bit of extra
work.

        Will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Cheers,

Dave K.

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>I went to replace the front seal on my T5 transmission before bolting up
>to the Buick 215 (it probably didn't need it but I figured it to be a
>good idea).  Anyway, once I had it bolted up the input shaft wouldn't
>turn.  It would budge at all until I had backed off the bolts quite a
>bit and even then it wouldn't turn all of the way.  When I first removed
>the front cover, the input shaft pulled out a little ways and I'm afraid
>that there are some needle bearing inside (where the main shaft goes in
>to the input shaft) that have dropped out and jammed, but I do not have
>a workshop manual on the transmission.  Does any one have any words of
>wisdom??  I'm going to go pull the top cover and see if there is
>something that I can see from there (like how to remove the input
>shaft).  I also need torque settings for the front cover and now the top
>cover bolts.  I also need to know what fluid should be used in the
>transmission (gear oil, ATF??) and how much (since I don't think that
>the overflow plug will be correctly positioned since the transmission
>will be level now.  The tranny is from an '84 V8 Camaro.  Thanks and
>Happy Thanksgiving to those that will be celebrating it.  Sunny and 50
>degrees here in Missouri!
>
>Kevin Brown
>Odessa, MO

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