The fuel line mod has improved hot starting (according to Mrs P) although I need to get the electric choke adjusted as it hardly does anything on a cold start at present.
The tranmission has been leaking for a while and where it has sat in the garage for nearly 3 months a large puddle has formed under it. Decided I needed to fix it and spotted that it was leaking from the shift shaft seal. There are 3 options to fix it this
- get a $45 tool that's designed to pull out the old seal and push in the new one from above with everything still in place. Sounds easy but access above is severely limited.
- drop the transmission pan, remove the valve body and punch out the seal from below and press a new one with a long bolt and several large washers
- pay someone else to do it.
Here's a couple of shots of the valve body with the pan and filter removed.
At this point I was seriously thinking that option 3 may have been the wiser route as it's a really messy job in cramped conditions. Typically most of the "action" was on the driver's side, hidden behind the exhaust pipe, transmission cooler lines and neutral safety switch wire. My wrist/forearm look like they've seen some Demi Lovato action (and not the eating disorder either).
It's nearly all back together, just need to connect up the gear shift and kickdown linkages (the really fiddly part) and refill with fluid but that can wait til the weekend.
