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new carb is installed and recurved distributor is installed.
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I installed a fuel pressure guage; about 6-7 psi from the mechanical fuel pump, which is perfect.
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I installed this 1/4" insulator to try isolate the carb from the engine heat.
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I started with the standard calibration; 76 main jets, 83 secondary jets, a 6.5 power valve, a pink cam in the #1 position and a silver spring in the vacuum can;

the idle screws are all 1.5 turns out and the Idle-eze is 3 turns out;

It idles @...
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the new Speed Demon 750 carb installation is done.
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this distributor is set up for 20* of centrifugal advance now; {it used to be 30*}
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30* position, before changes
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timing light is getting lots of use.
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distributor is ready to go, just need to reinstall the cap
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Comp Cams spec card for the current camshaft
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Cam specs for the Comp Cam hydraulic roller camshaft
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1969 November 8th
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1969 November 08 (this is the 2V block that came in the orange Ranchero from California, already bored 30 )
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this is with the new CobraJet 4.0 cam I got from Bullet cams installed.
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877 hits | 68 KB | Posted: 3/28/09
there is a C6 under that grease; I'll use it until I get an AOD together; the old tired 351 Cleveland 2Bbl still attached; it will get shelved for a future project.
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C6 bell housing with torq converter removed; teardown just getting started.
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data tag from the C6 tranny
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got most of the sludge off the outside now, time to tackle the inside now
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666 hits | 84.64 KB | Posted: 3/28/09
this tranny had a modulator valve with two vaccum ports; it will get replaced.
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665 hits | 77.24 KB | Posted: 6/8/09
Done! I rebuilt it myself with high performance parts including:

extra clutches and steel plates in the forward clutch drum, a new wide-ratio plantetary gear set, ALTO clutches, Koleen steel clutch plates, a B&M shift kit, new filter, drain plug, ...
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I'm using a Ford "S" servo, the original servo apply lever, and a 2 inch wide TCS Kevlar intermediate band.

The "R" servo is slightly larger, but I couldn't find one quickly. this used "S" servo cover was $65 with a brand new piston and gaskets f...
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this is the valve body with the filter installed into the transmission.

I found a bunch of clutch material and dirt in the pan and valve body and servo when I did the shift kit, so I decided to overhaul the tranny before installing it into the car...
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757 hits | 72.62 KB | Posted: 6/8/09
this is the valve body; I've installed a B&M shift Improver kit, p/n 40262, stage 2; now the valve body will be re-installed.
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there is literally a truck-load of stuff inside a transmission!
no wonder it weighs 150 pounds!
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valve body has been removed and the tail housing has been removed; thats the intermediate band and the fwd clutch hub.
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this is the pump assembly, removed from the front of the transmission.
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this is the reverse-high clutch hub; the intermediate band rides on this shell.
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this was the aft pressure plate out of the forward clutch; the plate is broken in half and cracked in about 20 other places!

Lucky I decided to pull this tranny apart and not just install it in the car; it wouldn't have run very long or very well...
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this is the original 3-pinion forward planetary; its still in good condition.

I'm going to replace it with a wide-ratio 6-pinion planetary out of Ford E40D 4 speed trans, to improve durability and lower my 1st gear ratio 10% to 2.71 & 2nd gear 5% ...
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this is the shift linkage and kick-down lever.

the square bolt and jamb nut is the intermediate band adjustment screw.

I installed a B&M drain bolt into the stock pan at the same time.
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563 hits | 73.33 KB | Posted: 6/23/09
finished! it took about 8 hours to tear the tranny apart and clean all the parts;

another 5 hours to do the shift kit/valve body modifications;

and about 12 hours to re-assemble it.

I'd do it again, (I'll build an AOD next) but I wouldn't...
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all these parts were replaced!

all the clutch plates, all the steel plates, the intermediate band, the pump gears, the modulator, a couple of bushings, a couple of thrust washers, all the rubber seals, the forward planetary set and the sun gear a...
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