<VV> powerglide leak

[AeroNed at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/7/2005 8:57:19 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
hmlinc at sbcglobal.net writes:

But,  never had an early - so never had to deal with the  staples.


But JR, he said he has a 66. They're not stapled earlies...
 
The easy explanation for the PG cable fix works if the cable housing  is 
cracked. This usually happens near where the cable goes into the trans. You  get a 
piece of gas line with an inside diameter about the same as the OD of the  
cable. Slice the hose so that you can put it over the damaged area of the cable. 
 Place the hose so that the slice is away from the crack in the cable and 
secure  it with some hose clamps.
 
As for the perimeter seal, lates don't use staples. The seal is held in by  a 
group of small, 1 inch wide, metal strips. These strips have a square "bump"  
that corresponds to a raised square on the seal. This is how the seal is held 
to  the body. The seal has a spring "U" on the other end. The "U" clips to a 
"wall"  on the engine shrouds. This can be difficult along some areas when the 
engine is  completely install, but not impossible.
 
Now, if you have and early or for the others that do, you would have to  deal 
with staples. Terry "Yoda" Kalp taught me this trick which I think he got  
from the Tech manual (?). First remove all of the staples from both the shrouds  
and the retaining strips. Next drill some small holes in both for pop rivets, 
 about an inch apart. Then just pop rivet the pieces together, of course with 
the  seal in the middle. The pop rivets that the place of the staples.
 
Hope that helps more than it hurts,
Ned