Wow, what a chore! Of course, Im no seasoned mechanic or anything
I took it apart and put the new parts in this morning. I got quite a chuckle out of the tiny rod (see paragragh below). I dropped it in the case, thought it was lost, used needle nose pliers to rescue it. Its smaller than a freakin tic tac and the tranny probably wouldnt work without it. I felt like a doctor performing brain surgery :laughing: I caught myself saying "If this thing works when Im done with it - I'll be shocked!!" Yep said that a few times today
I also replaced the drive belt while the gasket glue was curing since I had that much out of the way all ready. After It was complete and reassembled, I fired it up, closed my eyes, said a prayer, crossed my fingers and stepped on the go pedal. For brief moment there was no movement, then all of a sudden it lunged forward with reckless abandon!! I ran the heck out of it for about 30 minutes. I climed the steepest hills I could find, even backed it up a few of them, and the transmission seemed not to loose any strength. Yes, Im thinkin we have a bingo :thumbsup:
So Im very happy I took on the challenge. I look at it like I made $400 in 5 hours since a new tranny is $600 and I got less than $200 into the parts.