Well i finally put the car up on stands last night and have almost all the pieces to put it together. i bought a shifter from Shiftworks to see if i can make it work in the Monte console. it's a nice a piece seams to be well made. got a new HD flexplate and TV cable and all for it also got the Holley kickdown bracket to make sure the cable is at the correct geometry. here's some pics of my stuff.
Here's the transmission i bought from CK Performance
Hope to start taking the old one out tonight.
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I Live my life in such a way that when my feet hit the floor in the morning...Satan shudders & says "Oh shit, he's awake!"
well i finally got the SOB out of the car. i started taking it out monday night but found out i had to take the exhaust and the headers off the motor. so last night i finally got home at 8 and took the exhaust off and unbolted the headers from the heads to let them move out of the way so i couls lower the trans down. i think it would've been easier to pull the motor and trans instead of the trans..lol oh well it's out so now time to reassemble so i can get the Hoe in next to fix her.
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I Live my life in such a way that when my feet hit the floor in the morning...Satan shudders & says "Oh shit, he's awake!"
new one will start going in friday night. started mocking up the new shifter and had the neighbor weld me up a new mounting plate now i need to drill and tap some holes to mount it. then modify my console and other stuff to get it in.
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I Live my life in such a way that when my feet hit the floor in the morning...Satan shudders & says "Oh shit, he's awake!"
well it's been a hard battle, but the trans is in and all it bolted back up. the fun part then realy starts now. i need to get the new shifter to fir the monte console. i finaly got the shifter all done tonight, but gave up working on the car around 8:30 tonight. i'll put the guages and stuff back together tomorrow. then i need to get this goofy kick down cable adjusted. the guy sent me some cable that has all sorts of adjusting and i'll be contacting him for that.. any way here are some pics
here's the cross member i was finally going to put in, but it'sfor a TH350 so off to ebay pile it goes.
exhaust back on
here's the shifter plate i made with some help from the neighbor
here's the new plate bolted in
shifter mocked up in place
time to install it for good now.
testing out the console trim and all
AND HERE IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT
if anyone is looking for a very nice shifter to mod into there car. i would look at www.shiftworks.com
vey nicely made shifter i had no complaints and they made it very easy to modify. i did have a few obstaces to get around to make it work, but it turned out pretty freaking sweet.
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I Live my life in such a way that when my feet hit the floor in the morning...Satan shudders & says "Oh shit, he's awake!"
looks awesome Jim.. is that shifter indicator a solid white or like a frosted plexiglass? if it's the latter, it would look cool to put some led's behing it to light it up