Motor and 700R4 in

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It was way past time for a big tidy up in the garage, and my 700R4 gearbox had been dropped off in the works van leaving even less space. I flipped the shell back over and out into the sunshine, then rolled the chassis out on the new wheels for the first time. After sweeping up, I cleaned out the sump, and put it on along with a fresh oil filter. I swung it off on the crane, and lowered it onto axle stands then fitted the flex plate. I had a second hand torque converter that I bought, so I washed it out with fresh fluid before fitting it. Once the box was bolted to the back I rolled it all outside on the crane ready to drop in. The front is so low now that I couldn’t get the crane under! I had to jack it clear, before covering the chassis in the pillows that the 700R4 came packed in to protect the paint. The engine dropped right in, and it took me longer to get the bolts on the transmission mount than it did to fit it. A final tidy up and I was done for the day.

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