I was finally off today. Because it's the day that Kate has deemed " Christmas decoration day", I has the spectre of having my day interrupted to have to go out and buy a tree, then set that thing up, lug 50 bagillion decorations out of the basement, and help her make the house " all Christmassy"
If that wasn't enough, the dog has a bunch of slimy fungoo in one of his eyes,....I have to take him to the vet today too.
Turns out that the dog has allergies, and possibly a hair in that eye...and his ass glands are plugged up. They took him away to weigh him, and at the time, I had no idea that they were also gonna express those glands. But from the exam room, I could watch into the area where they were doing it. I couldn't see the actual process, but from what I could see, there was a few vet techs reacting to the end result. It was kinda like when somebody gets sick in a crowd.
Let's just say that more than a couple of them got blasted with my dogs ass gland juice.
Aside from that, It costs me 140.00 to find out that I could've given him some benedril, and washed his eye out with Visine AC...
At least the dog looks better. ( I'm sure he feels better too) The fact that a couple of vet techs have my dogs ass jizz on them made the time sacrifice this morning more acceptable to me.
When I get home, the wife is gone to get the tree,...I start right away trying to get the damn transmission married to the engine.
I call her and make a pinky deal..I tell her if she'll let me have 4 hours, I'll spend the rest of the day and evening setting up the tree and making the place all Christmassy.
She agrees.....In actuality, she leave me alone for 5 hours.
Here is where I start.
The engine is leveled, as is the trans. They are both at the same height. The trans, and converter slide together effortlessly.
The plan is to use the removable bell from the Jap trans,..make a plate that’ll bolt onto the rear of that bell,..make tabs that’ll bolt to the front pump of the trans,..weld them together.
I make the plate..
I make the tabs for the trans..
I make these out of 1/4“ bar...I also add a washer behind to apply pressure to the pump housing when I tighten the bolts down, just in case the tab is riding on some part of the trans case instead.
total thickness of those tabs.......just a tick under 5/16”
I put the stuff together....I merge the two pieces....it ain’t gonna work.
the plate I made to go on the back of the bellhousing blocks the bolts to the front pump..In other words, if I weld these two pieces together, I’ll never be able to get to the front pump bolts ever again...
You can see the plate butted up against the top two front pump bolts...I’m phcked. I can’t drill access hole,..the bolts that go through the bellhousing into that plate interfere with the bolts that go into the front pump..and.....they are holding the trans too far back...the converter is actually out of the front pump by about 3/16”
You’re lookin between the trans and the back of the bell at the converter hub. That tape was against the lip seal of the front pump,..now it’s at least 3/16” out, and the bolts that go into the front pump are jammed against that plate. Again,....I’m pcked.
I’m so freakin angry that I cannot get past this that I have an epic temper tantrum.
Its at this time that I get a blinding headache..It literally brings me to my knees..My vision goes away,...my head feels like it’s gonna explode..............Im having.....I mean,...I have,.......an Epiphany.
I’m gonna be able to fix it..I’m gonna be able to finish this damn thing.
the 1/4” tabs can be changed out for 1/8” tabs...I’ll get an 1/8” back and the converter will barely be out of the front pump. ( it’s supposed to be between 3/32 to 1/8“ out of the front pump anyway) I’ll have to gusset the tabs to give them the strength that the 1/4” tabs would have,..and since I can’t weld the two pieces together,....I’ll make it so I can bolt them together...
Then,..I’ll be able to get to the front pump bolts....after I unbolt the plate that blocks them...and most importantly after two months of fcking with this,....
I’ll be done.