| Transmission Question [message #98671] |
Sun, 05 September 2010 19:05  |
roy1
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Registered: July 2004
Location: Minden nevada
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I removed the pan from the transmission to fix the gasket leak and found a small piece of metal in the pan. It is the thickness of a thrust washer and is about 1/8" thick. It appears to be the very end of a c clip(1/4" long)and slightly wider at the end. I thought it might be part of a keeper for a servo or an accumulator but they are E clips and are black in color. Looking at the transmission parts book the only C clips or spacers I see is the piston clip on the front servo and the pressure shim on the front pump regulator spring. It is not the pressure regulator shim as this trans doesn't have one (shift kit) . The transmission shop says it is too thick for a servo piston keeper. The transmission works fine but it sure is a puzzle where this piece came from. Looking at the shape of it I would guess the inside hole would be around 5/16" diameter except for the open end.
The 3 transmission shops I visited with the metal piece didn't seem too concerned. It wasn't in the pan 3,000 miles ago.
Has anyone found anything like this in their pan of a good working transmission?? Like I say it sure is a puzzle .
Roy
Roy Keen
Minden,NV
76 X Glenbrook
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| Re: Transmission Question [message #98673 is a reply to message #98671] |
Sun, 05 September 2010 19:34  |
zhagrieb
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Registered: August 2009
Location: Portland Oregon
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Kinda' like finding half a worm in your desert.
Glenn
Glenn Giere, Portland OR, K7GAG
'73 "Moby the Motorhome" 26'
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| Re: [GMCnet] Transmission Question [message #98694 is a reply to message #98671] |
Sun, 05 September 2010 21:38 |
James Hupy
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Many years ago, I was partners with a guy who was a practical joker. When I
lay out my parts for assembling an engine, I carefully count things like
piston pin circlips, lifter plunger holddown clips, valve keepers etc., and
lay it out out on clean toweling. After I would assemble an engine, he would
place a couple of extra pieces on the toweling. After he had done that to me
a couple of times and I had disassembled engines to check, I figured it was
his turn. He had the biggest snap-on tool box you could get and it was
completely full of snap on tools of which he was very proud. He had the
small spring clips thet held the sockets mounted to the drawers so all you
had to do was grab the correct one without disturbing anything else in the
box. I took all of his clip bars and sockets, cleaned them in carb cleaner,
and epoxy glued them back in to the clips, and placed them back in his tool
box. That pretty much cured him of messing with my engines, but he still did
stuff with other techs. He is long time dead now, liver failure caused from
too much booze did him in. Needless to say, the partnership didn't last a
real long time. When he was sober, he was one of the best techs I have ever
known. When he was drinking, he was one of the worst.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 Royale 403
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:05 PM, roy keen <roynpaula@charter.net> wrote:
>
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> I removed the pan from the transmission to fix the gasket leak and found a
> small piece of metal in the pan. It is the thickness of a thrust washer and
> is about 1/8" thick. It appears to be the very end of a c clip(1/4" long)and
> slightly wider at the end. I thought it might be part of a keeper for a
> servo or an accumulator but they are E clips and are black in color. Looking
> at the transmission parts book the only C clips or spacers I see is the
> piston clip on the front servo and the pressure shim on the front pump
> regulator spring. It is not the pressure regulator shim as this trans
> doesn't have one (shift kit) . The transmission shop says it is too thick
> for a servo piston keeper. The transmission works fine but it sure is a
> puzzle where this piece came from. Looking at the shape of it I would guess
> the inside hole would be around 5/16" diameter except for the open end.
> The 3 transmission shops I visited with the metal piece didn't seem too
> concerned. It wasn't in the pan 3,000 miles ago.
> Has anyone found anything like this in their pan of a good working
> transmission?? Like I say it sure is a puzzle .
>
> Roy
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