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Mike D..... Drives a Blazer. TM user michael941

The plan hasn't come together just yet but the ball is rolling. I really am going all out on the "Hawkes Boes or Bust". I'm off now to smash the kids piggy banks.

Can you go to Waiuku, find a greasy cat called Mike and punch him in the nose? Cheers.

The wheels are already in motion (not literally). I took the old cracked trans to the trans man at afternoon smoko and he whipped it apart. He said the clutches were all good. Tonight after work I pulled out the new shagged trans (in 90 mins) and I'll drop that to him tomorrow.

I called him and he said the trans worked sweet when he drove his trans am in to the shed 3 years ago and I must have done something to wreck it. I then explained that I am a mechanic and do know what I am doing. I really don't think there is much I can do about it. Just need to move on and concentrate on getting the wagon going for hawkes boes in a week.

Yes the new trans is fucked //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33836-alltorques-1970-buick-sportwagon/?p=1193634

Alas I shall have to attend in my POS daily cuz my POS OS ride has shat it's trans pants again.

I took the wag for a drive into Wellington on the weekend. Went sweet. Decided to take it to work today, got 5 mins down the road and the trans started slipping. Pulled over and switched off the motor, made a phone call, started up and it drove again for a while, then slipped again. Managed to get to work but had to stop a couple of times. I pulled the pan off tonight and found this... The filter is completely blocked by clutch material that has fallen off. So the replacement trans is a dud. It lasted about 50km. I called the guy I bought it off via trade me and he doesn't want to know.

It amazes me how many things I can fix on this car with WD40. When I first got the wag the tailgate window didn't work. Sprayed the plug and switch with WD40, fixed. The quarter light window stopped moving, sprayed WD40 on the mechanism, fixed. The rear door poppers wouldn't open the doors last week. WD40'd the latches, left it for a day, doors pop open again. Moral of the story? A little bit of lube goes a long way. Build thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/33836-alltorques-1970-buick-sportwagon/

Love the 'Circle of Tailgates'

They need different senders. Light is a on/off switch. Gauge is a variable sender. Someone smarter than might prove me wrong tho.

Hang on a minute. You are chopping those struts all wrong. I have seen Seedy Al's how too article and it specifically says you must drink a beer and crank some tunes. I see no photographic evidence of this happening. Otherwise, nice work.

Projects always move faster with a deadline. It would be awesome to see this and Wagnats 2014. See you there.

Sweet. Cheers for putting this up. I'll be keen to pop down for a look see.

Hey bizzo. Bring my picture.

I'm sure there are a few other newbies out there thinking about coming to a meet. This months meet will be super relaxed so come along and make yourself known. Like Goat said, the Welly OS crew are a choice group of Good Characters, so grab some takeaways and see you in eastbourne. Here is the nitty gritty: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40449-wellington-monthly-meet-17th-october-7pm-eastbourne/

Cool man. See you there.

Is there power there?

Awesome looking Wagon. Definitely keen to see some more pics. Good luck getting her back on the road.

Shit you're right. It must have been cracked the whole time I've had it. Well wadayano.

Not as glad as I am. Great to see you sorted your issue as well. Did someone say you had a skid vid to show us?

Yes. She's a runner once again. I took my time today putting the replacement transmission in. I pulled the old cooler lines out and re routed them because they were touching the headers. Who ever put the now broken trans in needs a punch int he nose. Before: The fluid was plumbed through the original radiator cooler and a good sized aftermarket trans cooler. I decided to not use the radiator cooler. After: I blew out the cooler and lines again to make sure there was no metal in them. Put a new filter on the trans and some new fluid. She runs like a champ. Seems smoother than the old one. The light throttle shift points are a bit higher. I may adjust the vacuum modulator after some more test driving. So I am stoked that it is all sorted now. HAWKES BOES OR BUST!

Top pics Luke.

Replacement Turbo Hydramatic 350 transmissition aquired. It is from a '76 Trans Am so has the correct BOP bellhousing. Post clean up... I pulled the pan off to have a look see. It was pretty grubby inside. Quite a bit of 'mud' on the bottom of the pan. No metal tho. Fingers crossed it is all good. It came with a torque converter, which is handy, because no doubt my old one is choka fulla metal filings. Torque converter has a drain bung so I drained out all the old dark fluid ready for some fresh Dextron III. Bung hole I swapped over the speedo drive, shifter bracket and trans mount. Discovered that the mount bolts on my old trans were loosey goosey and that metric bolts had been used. Grrrr. So this weekend I'll jam it in and fingers crossed it'll be skids on.