OK! C-4 in my Comet was leaking from just about everywhere! Decided to pull it , reseal it, clean and paint it! As it turns out, its a green dot tranny from a 66 Galaxie! New front pump seal, new tailshaft seal, new filter, pan seal, dipstick o-ring etc etc. The gasket on the servo cover was torn and hanging out from beneath the cover so I removed cover, and whamo! Never been in there before! Piston and spring shot out! No prob( or so I thought) Reinstalled it with little effort. Removed valve body to align fork on flat plate that pushes against band! reinstalled valve body, reinstalled pan, Reinstalled tranny! The shift lever on the transmission is supposed to have five positions. P-R-N-D-2-1! Mine now has only 5 and is in gear! Likewise, I have a sound now that sounds to me like a converter bolt tanging against the backplate, but I know this isnt the case!! What did I do people!! Help!!
first things first raise and suport vehicle unhook your shift linkage move the linkage on the tranny how many times does it click(you might just have it out of adjuctment). see if park works now did you adjust the band after it came apart? look and see if the tin shield is rubbing the flywheel. i hope this helps.
trans Did you make sure the other adjustment strut on the adjustment screw was in place between the adjustment screw and the band? There is one on each side of the band. That is probably your noise you here. It could have also got in the wrong place and screwing up the shift linkage. The correct way to install the servo is to not have either the adjustment screw or the band strut parts in place. Bolt up the servo, and then put the band apply strut to the band and servo. Then hold the adjutment strut in place and turn the adjustmnet screw to it. Then readjustment the band to specs.
the band adjustment needs to be about 1/8th inch in play if you need a picture of how it should look (band struts) i can take some pics and post them let me know. p.s. it's what i do for a living but i don't build alot of them not alot of them out there as there used to be.
