Well some may remember from school years past (hence no updates in summer time) our y-block powered T. School has started and we are back to work on it. Have gotten the reverse corvair box mounted and built a steering shaft. The wheels turn! The box needs some adjustment but that is to be expected. Fuel tank and battery are mounted in the trunk, needs some tweaking due to some poor planning on my part. We dont have a floor in the trunk so I am not too concerned with fumes/sparks?? I think the exciting news is that we have the ignition switch and light switch wired in...we have had the engine running on the stand before but to see it running sitting in the chassis is a whole new level of cool! Found an old Mallory Rev-Pol Mark II that we installed (thought it looked kinda period correct), we used a ballast resistor, I imagine it is supposed to have one??

Our starter is making a horrible racket, sounds like the pinion gear is not dis-engaging, havent had a chance yet to get under and look at pinion gear, ring gear, etc. but I am assuming we will probably rebuild the starter anyhow...what is a good source for parts?

Next step will be wiring in the gen/reg. I think I have a good idea where everything goes but am going do alittle research to be sure.

We have a local car show this weekend that I cant attend due to other commitments but just had a couple students ask if they could load it up and bring it in to the show, that is pretty exciting!

Please feel free to ask any questions or comments about the project, if you havent seen it yet I think you could probably search my name here and find some old posts, thanks!

I think I may have found the horrible grinding while tryin to start the engine...

I am guessing the manual flywheel and automatic are two different sizes, with the manual being bigger? We have a manual flywheel on the engine and it is bolted to an automatic trans and I think the flywheel is rubbing inside the bellhousing...does that sound possible? Looks like I will have to dig out the auto. flywheel and install it???

Dan, I don't believe that is even possible...

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the engine itself is not connected to the trans, the engine in just bolted to the trans case...the flywheel is in no way connected to the transmission...does that make any sense??

Think my bendix may be stuck in the out position instead of the retracted position, try spinning it with the wire wheel but it still doesnt retract? Not spinning fast enough??

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Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

It should be connected via the torque converter.


Lawrenceville, GA

I don't think there is any difference in the starters for manual or automatic transmissions. I too would suspect case contact or the bendix is not releasing. Remember the starter gear is to the rear of the car and moves towards the front to engage the starter. You should be able to see if the gear releases properly by watching through the bottom access cover on the bell housing as its cranked. Chuck

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Dan:

Just the other day, because of another posting regarding flywheels, I laid a standard flywheel on an automatic one.  The standard is about 3/8" smaller in diameter than the automatic.  Since the starters are the same, the difference has to be in the location of the starter on the bellhousing.  Therefore, the bellhousing must be the same application as the flywheel.  I never realized there was a difference until I compared them.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

okay Jon that sounds like what I am looking for, sounds like I need to drop the trans, pull off the manual flywheel and install the auto flexplate/torque converter combo, I've been hesitant to do this as I dont know the condition of the trans and I was wanting to run the engine without it being directly connected to the trans (that why I was using the manual flywheel...I could have it on and not have the engine connected to the input shaft of the trans - don't think I explained that very well...)

Dan......You can take the bell housing off of the automatic and do the same thing you've already done using the automatic bell and the automatic flywheel.This is assuming the automatic you have is a Fordomatic with a removable bellhousing.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO