I haven't seen this shot before because I've
always had a transmission attached to the motor. It sure does look
different with it empty now. The V shaped area at the top was clearance
for the old trans that I ground away because of how large it was.
Somewhere in that same area is where a new rectangular hole will be
added for a shifter to poke through. Once I get the trans mounted in
place, I'll mark the floor and then do some cutting.
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Moving to the interior now (remember I'm trying to keep
busy while waiting for parts) here is my center console that looks like will have to be
altered too. See that slot where my old shifter was? That slot area is too
long and to narrow for a manual gear pattern which will have to be
addressed. I'm thinking that the raised swoopy area where the slot is
will have to be a little flatter which means making this piece over and
reupholstering it again. Once I get the new trans installed and see
where the shifter gets located, then I'll be able to see what needs to
be done. This didn't come as a surprise to me because while I was
thinking about the trans swap this area crossed my mind. I may have to
modify the sides of the console as well but I'll have to wait and see
once the new trans is installed.
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I also noticed how bad the switch panel looked once I had it out so I
can take this opportunity to take it apart and make it look a little
better. Speaking of opportunities, I've been wanting to do something
else to
this panel for awhile now but I didn't want to deal with taking it all
apart to do it...till now that is. Stay tuned for what I have in mind.
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I found something else to keep busy while I'm waiting for parts to
arrive. I noticed my exhaust adapter that bolts to my heads didn't
look flat. See all the dark area on the surface? That should be a little
more even colored which means some of the exhaust gases are blowing by
the gaskets. I started using a flat file on them to clean them up and
found out pretty fast they weren't very flat. If you look at the top one
you can see where the file hit on both ends but after a few minutes of
this I could tell this wasn't the way to go.
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What I did was take them to work and milled them till they just cleaned
up which took about .020 to do the job. That would have taken me a long
time with a file but milling them only took a few minutes. That surface
is much better now wouldn't you say? And the gaskets should seal much
better now too.
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