<VV> Changing C878 Power Glide gear shift o-ring. How to get the rod off?

[Ignacio Valdes]

Okay I finally got back to this. I had 4 inches of water in my garage from
Hurricane Harvey but no harm no foul. Many of my neighbors are harmed and
fouled.  It would appear that I think I found the problem. Note in the
after picture the fitting to the right has a sleeve which goes over a ball
deeper in the transmission. The after picture shows clearly that the
fitting sleeve is not on the ball holding it at the proper orientation. I
have put it back on. I am waiting for the Permatex #2 on the pan gasket to
dry before filling it and trying it. I wonder how garages make deadlines
since the Permatex #2 directions which say wait 24 hours before filling.

On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 12:01 AM, Ignacio Valdes <ivaldes at hal-pc.org> wrote:

> The good news: O'Reillys had a viton o-ring assortment.  They also had a
> grommet assortment.
> The bad news: I put it all together again and every shift position was
> forward. No neutral, no reverse. So I opened it all back up again. I don't
> see any problem. I have a before and after picture of the shift shaft that
> is apparently too big to post. They look exactly the same to me. What did I
> do wrong?
>
> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Ignacio Valdes <ivaldes1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Will a danco 3/8 x 1/4 x 1/18 o-ring work?
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>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Jul 8, 2017, at 10:52 AM, Ignacio Valdes <ivaldes at hal-pc.org> wrote:
>>
>> Putting a screwdriver in the right side fitting and wiggling while prying
>> on the linkage made the shift shaft come out. However, the C878 o-ring
>> looks way too big. Less of a problem but still a problem the steering
>> linkage rubber grommet disintegrated.
>>
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>> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Ignacio Valdes <ivaldes at hal-pc.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, my transmission leaks possibly at the Clarks part C878 o-ring where
>>> the shift rod enters the transmission. I have a new C878 and I am trying to
>>> change it. I have the pan off and am trying to see how to slide the rod out
>>> but right now it isn't obvious. See picture.  It seems to resist on the
>>> right side of the 'clip' that is on the ribbed rod. I don't want to damage
>>> this for obvious reasons. Is there a right way to do this?
>>>
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