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In my misspent youth a car bumper was the implement of choice if a "church key' was not available.

Originally Posted by johnboy

Phoo!

I've had the response ready for you well before you passed the comment.

(That's not pokin' the bear. That's giving the bear a good kick up the derriere.)

Some mistakes are too much fun to be made only once. And I'll probably make this mistake again... I think I woke up the bear! Poke, Poke

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

In my misspent youth a car bumper was the implement of choice if a "church key' was not available.

That's a lot better choice than your teeth! Don't ask! LOL

Nice fix on the transmission! I am fortunate to have a BIL that rebuilds transmissions in our town. He rebuilt the transmission for Rita, and three years later the lockup converter went south on me but it only had 10,000 miles on it. They pulled the transmission tore apart and checked the guts, and put a new converter in and I never got a bill. I thought that was extremely good of him especially how I put the tranny in myself the first time so technically the labor to remove and install should have been my deal.

A bit more in the tranny saga. After talking to my new tranny guy he thought that a lockup circuit was a good idea to prevent overheating and improve efficiency. The 700R4's come in several versions, with changes as computer controls were enhanced, but the big difference is if it has external pressure ports on the passenger side or not. Mine did not (later version) so I ordered that kit from Monster Transmissions. In the video the guy advised to drop the 2nd gear accumulator down for more room to swap out the pressure switch on the 4th gear circuit, and to put it back in the same order which is common sense, but then stressed that the spring first, piston on top. I put mine back as found, but it haunted me because there was no piston on top so I made a quick trip to talk to the tranny guy. On the way I wondered if maybe the difference was the mods that had been done when mine was built. Sure enough, Chris said that every shift kit has their own way with the springs & piston, and if I put it back the way it came out it would be all good! Thought I was going to be dropping the pan again, and glad that I'd at least put in a drain plug yesterday so maybe I wouldn't be laying in tranny fluid again...

It would have been nice if Monster's video said, "Put the accumulator back with everything in the same order. If it's stock the piston goes in last, on top of the spring but if you have any kind of shift kit the order may be different."

That has always been a complaint with after market written directions hasn't it?
Either to lazy to contemplate needed alterations to their plans or they simply do not care to consider a customer may have some different configuration of a common component.
And then if you happened to call in to their tech help, they'll say "oh, that is covered in some other "tech update" page 47 rev b..... but that isn't found online!

Been struggling with the top, trying to get it to sit right, and managed to put a healthy gouge in the paint when it popped out of a tab and fell Ended up moving the tabs twice, and called Don (Da34Guy) to walk through the process. He shared that the ShowMe body was for sure narrower than stock, and got me on the right track. Anyway, it's on and I think is OK!

Now I get to patch a big slot on each side and spot in some paint!


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UGH ! It looks good Roger, but hurts to think about the paint!

I agree, that's a good looking top. Good scale for the body, not to tall or to low...

Originally Posted by 34_40

I agree, that's a good looking top. Good scale for the body, not to tall or to low...

A bonus is that getting the top sitting right pushed the windshield up several degrees. Now my visual "sweet spot" isn't through the top of the windshield frame.

That is just BAD A$$ looking!

Gorgeous!
Just bloody gorgeous!

The roadster came out gorgeous Roger, more great work!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

The roadster came out gorgeous Roger, more great work!!!!

Thanks Dave! It's bittersweet because my coupe is a stick, and when I brought this one home I told Susan that it would be an automatic so she would be more comfortable driving it.... Then she didn't get to stick around to see it finished.

Originally Posted by stovens

UGH ! It looks good Roger, but hurts to think about the paint!

I would not think that would be that big of a deal. Knowing the spray gun Roger most likely will be using.

Originally Posted by pepi

I would not think that would be that big of a deal. Knowing the spray gun Roger most likely will be using.

Much less waste with the detail gun!
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