With everything almost ready to go (engine in and most things hooked up), I just noticed that a rubber plug that goes in the bottom of the tranny, I had noticed it was falling apart and loose earlier but thought it'd be ok..

Well I'm guessing that when I was putting the tranny and engine together the flywheel caught that plug and ate it or something... because it's not there anymore.

It's probably inside the bellhousing... is it going to cause problems with the clutch, flywheel, etc? Heh, I mean it'll probably just get eaten whole and ripped to shreads ^^ but I'm not sure if that'll mess with the input shaft, maybe get into places it shouldn't you know.

So I'll try to pull it out somehow, but I can't even see it... I'll try turning the flywheel around a few times and see if it comes down.

Should I worry about it enough to PULL the tranny (!!) or the starter maybe, and just get it through that hole.

And where can I get a replacement? Doesn't look like a great idea to drive around with a place for rocks and dirt to jump right into my clutch/flywheel/input shaft/throwout bearing.

--Gary

 

good question, that just hapened to me too

 

i've been driving around for years without the little plug... no big deal

 

I forgot the ground that goes on the starter bolt, so I took it off...

Can't find that damn plug!

Oh well, it's not on the flywheel... so maybe it'll just sit in there and next time I do a clutch job I'll find a treasure... a lump of sooted rubber. ;P

ALMOST DONE!! Gotta take a break, go get some hoses from autobone... and maybe finish it up tonight late after dinner and such... or maybe tomorrow... the weather is looking bad though.

Bad idea to start the car while its still on jack stands? I'm just gonna leave it idling for like 10 minutes... I'll throw the tires on just in case it somehow falls on its ***, but I think it's pretty damn sturdy (good jackstands)

I don't want to take it down since I've gotta change the back brake lines (SS =)) and bleed the entire system since it now has lots of air in it. In fact, mostly air.

--Gary

 

nah, your good on the jacks, ive taken it up to 140 on jacks!! probably not the safest thing in the world to do though...

 

if you noteced that the car is faster it is because without the plug it becomes a speed hole. jk lol

 

I hope I notice it's faster! Considering I'm changing to a hi-flow cat, cs exhaust and the engine is rebuilt, added 5/6port sleeves.

Those things all add up! Should be cool (after it breaks in and gets compression built up)! =)

I am days away from finsihing this project that has taken me... like 3 months! Rebuilding in your spare time is hard! lol

--Gary

 

or it blows up seconds after you start it up,

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lolrotf

 

hehe i have no plug either, no problems at all