and today is an engine cleaning and assembly day!
Wife ended up waking me up early yesterday morning, so i worked on the hoemare until i needed to sign into work.
Got the transmission pan pulled, and then the valve body.
I was happy to see no clutch material in the pan!
might have had just a little, but I did notice what might have been light slipping before i parked her.
I also noticed a headgasket available that would drop my static cr to 10.1
gets me down into the realm of regular fuel...
but then i sat down and did some math.
Assuming premium is just 30 cents more, that's about what $8 more per fuel up vs regular.
And assuming i would lose my precious lazy man low end power, that in turn grants me good fuel economy...
yeah, fk it, I'm sticking with 10.3:1
and i'm seriously thinking about pulling the transmission while it's sitting there ready to drop out.
Going back and forth on it with my self.
One side, i can have the hoe back together pretty quickly at this point.
Other side, if i rebuild the transmission and replace all of the bearings, seals, pistons, and clutches.
Include all of the upgrades.
I should be problem free, assuming i don't fk it up and end up getting really good at pulling the transmission in turn.
Mostly new hoemare at that point.
I did some rough estimates on prices to do a full rebuild for just parts.
Right around $800 +/-
Since i already have a brand new pump on hand, otherwise add like $400 to that price.
But that would be with the upgraded 4-5-6 drum with the tig weld around the ring that cracks, and the Sonnax HD piston kit.
$400 right there.
Much thinking to do.
but waiting to pull the pump first.
If i see damage in the pump, then I'll tear it down either way.
If the pump is ok, then i get to do more thinking.
