So I got the greenhouse re-bagged for the winter and still managed to take a pic or few of the 700R4
On the engine, temporary a transmission, stand, upside down, and masked and papered, with the color shot done, sits my 700R4. For those who have following my misadventures with my BOP 400, this is NOT that transmission. That particular hulk is sitting on a cart that doubles as a mobile work bench and which currently resides over by the compressor.
And finally, the 700R4 rests, upright once more, on the engine/transmission stand. For keen eyed among you that are wondering what is that object sitting under the t-mission, it is just another of my ongoing contributions to the legacy of Rube Goldberg. Simply put, to do the filter swap, the t-mission had to be drained and to do that you have to drop the pan. The pan holds around 11 qts and is heavy when full making it awkward to pull the mounting bolts and still keep it from dropping suddenly and dumping ATF all over everywhere. A large radiator drain pan is just large enough to accept all the oil without spilling it but the further the catch basin is from the pan, the easier it is to spill. So what I did was to take the hard stop from my home made bike lift and locate it on the rail that connects the rear stand axle to the front one. It fit so I drilled it for holes to accept a pair of 2 x 4 ribs, mounted at right angles to the main bracket. On them I stacked a couple of layers of additional 2x's, measured to be sitting centered and held in place with #8 deck screws, and that got me high enough and close enough to the pan with still enough room to access and remove the retaining bolts that I could set a large boot tray in place and then lay the drain pan in it. Anything overflowing the drain pan gets caught by the tray which keeps the floor clean? (Clean used as a descriptor in connection with my floors is something of an oxymoron.) it actually worked fairly well once I figured out that the pan has a rake to it and you have to remove the front bolts and first few leading side bolts on each side to get it to drop properly so that the oil can gently slop over the rails of the pan and down into the catch pan. Because the rad pan has a spout on it, dumping the oil into a 5 gal pail for recycle is a lot simpler and cleaner.
The last pic is of the dipstick tube and a few other associated items. For purposed of refilling the transmission, the stock C-10 transmission tube has been left in place for now. It will have to be replaced by one that is van specific because they are a lot longer to bring the tube completely into the engine bay. Leaving the stocker in place is an option but would make it necessary to dismantle the doghouse and its supercover back in the cabin if at any time someone would want to check the ATF level. Bloody boring nuisance, that.
Also managed to shoot the clear coat on the latest 47 hub. It will sit overnight before I try to bring it in the house in order for the smell of clear to dissipate. Brought it in too early the last time and the house stank of curing paint for a week. Pictures? possibly???
Nick
On the engine, temporary a transmission, stand, upside down, and masked and papered, with the color shot done, sits my 700R4. For those who have following my misadventures with my BOP 400, this is NOT that transmission. That particular hulk is sitting on a cart that doubles as a mobile work bench and which currently resides over by the compressor.
And finally, the 700R4 rests, upright once more, on the engine/transmission stand. For keen eyed among you that are wondering what is that object sitting under the t-mission, it is just another of my ongoing contributions to the legacy of Rube Goldberg. Simply put, to do the filter swap, the t-mission had to be drained and to do that you have to drop the pan. The pan holds around 11 qts and is heavy when full making it awkward to pull the mounting bolts and still keep it from dropping suddenly and dumping ATF all over everywhere. A large radiator drain pan is just large enough to accept all the oil without spilling it but the further the catch basin is from the pan, the easier it is to spill. So what I did was to take the hard stop from my home made bike lift and locate it on the rail that connects the rear stand axle to the front one. It fit so I drilled it for holes to accept a pair of 2 x 4 ribs, mounted at right angles to the main bracket. On them I stacked a couple of layers of additional 2x's, measured to be sitting centered and held in place with #8 deck screws, and that got me high enough and close enough to the pan with still enough room to access and remove the retaining bolts that I could set a large boot tray in place and then lay the drain pan in it. Anything overflowing the drain pan gets caught by the tray which keeps the floor clean? (Clean used as a descriptor in connection with my floors is something of an oxymoron.) it actually worked fairly well once I figured out that the pan has a rake to it and you have to remove the front bolts and first few leading side bolts on each side to get it to drop properly so that the oil can gently slop over the rails of the pan and down into the catch pan. Because the rad pan has a spout on it, dumping the oil into a 5 gal pail for recycle is a lot simpler and cleaner.
The last pic is of the dipstick tube and a few other associated items. For purposed of refilling the transmission, the stock C-10 transmission tube has been left in place for now. It will have to be replaced by one that is van specific because they are a lot longer to bring the tube completely into the engine bay. Leaving the stocker in place is an option but would make it necessary to dismantle the doghouse and its supercover back in the cabin if at any time someone would want to check the ATF level. Bloody boring nuisance, that.
Also managed to shoot the clear coat on the latest 47 hub. It will sit overnight before I try to bring it in the house in order for the smell of clear to dissipate. Brought it in too early the last time and the house stank of curing paint for a week. Pictures? possibly???
Nick
