Well, I COULD catch it with my fingernail.. However, I think if I had used some sand paper, and more scotchbrite, I could have smoothed it out, I don't know how sensitive these are to leakage, as there's two orings in a pinless accumulator. Or how far out of round they can be before the orings don't catch it. This was why I asked. Now, I also didn't know that I could find a replacement housing as cheap as I did either. I just wish the shipping was cheaper.
This is practice for the 700R4 I want to eventually put in my square. I have it sitting on my bench now.
HRPC, I thought you were mad at me for a bit there, you never chimed in on the question I had about the tailshaft not spinning easy in one direction when I assembled it. That one REALLY had me worried, I still don't know why the video shows the guy spinning it back and forth, with little effort (he also just slides the servo in with one hand, like butter, when I had to whack it and drive it in- I also noticed he was missing a spring and the big thick oring when he put it in)
It never occurred to me to try it out on the 700r4 I had sitting next to it DUH!!
I still can't believe I missed the gouges on this acumulator when I disassembled it and went over my parts to see what to order!
I am putting together a list of must have tools, and stuff I improvised.
I have so far not needed any special tools, I made my own clutch spring compressor out of some bent mild steel, a harmonic balancer puller, and some all thread. For installing and compressing the teflon seals, I used a cut up 2 liter pop bottle and some hose clamps to compress the rings. For the clutch spring on the input drum (where the 3-4 clutches are) I used 2 C-clamps, wired them together with some heavy guage wire, and had an assistant help me keep it all lined up, with the bent steel ring..
One trick I wish I had learned earlier so I didn't gouge the band a bit was to slide a couple of transparencies in around the band betweenit and the drum as you lower it.
All the stuff I did would apply as well to a 700r4, so I may post some pics of the tools I used/modified, if you all would find that usefull?
ONly area that stumped me so far was the bushings, how to drive them in and out, when I do the 700r4, I will need to figure that out.
Buddy of mine wants me to do his 904 from his Charger now too.. I hear they are easier than the 700r4/4l60's.. Tranny's have been something I have always wanted to learn how to do. They are such a black box for so many mechanics.
You guys are so much help, pricelss!!
I still think I want to get one of those universal spring compressor thingies, but man, they don't look like $100 worth of stuff there, I almost think I could make one for cheaper than that I just need tthe dimensions, etc..
