corvete servo

[mtscorvette]

hey i want to do the transgo shift kit and corvette servo combo. so i got the kit and the servo and am taking out the servo but its no fitting on the side, like its too tight to get out/ does anyone have any tips for me? im assuming i have the drop the tranny a little bit? its like if i pull the cap straight out it catches the 4th apply piston and if i tilt it a little bit one of the ends goes back into the housing a little bit. has anyone done one of these before? thanks!!!

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

ive always done them with the tranny out. this way you dont screw anything up by not being able to see that well at what your doing. and you dont get residual car Goo inside the tranny wich can be fatal. id say take er out.

[mtscorvette]

ok thanks, thats gonna have to wait a little bit then haha. that snap ring is impossible to get back in. i tried forever last night and thought i got it, so i moving it, it came loose and now i cant find the snap ring

[c4boom]

dout that sucks

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

any tranny shop will have one. they will either give it to you or its 5 bux. But yeah best bet is to rip out the tranny.

[84ta406]

Yup I've played with trannies while laying on my back and it sucks balls, having that constant little drip of trans fluid fall on you and all the awkward angles etc. fuck that.

[Slowhawk]

It's easier to do with the tranny out.I also think with that kit you have to pull the tranny anyways to do work on the front pump.

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

i think you can do the front pump spring with the pump in the tranny But it is MUCH easier to do it with it out of the car and flipped over. and make sure they gave you a print out of were all your check balls are supposed to go!! and while your there check to make sure the balls havent cut a groove in the programing plates. if so go to a tranny shop and buy new ones!!

[mtscorvette]

well i got a new ring, my dad knoews a couple guys at a tranny shop right near me so they gave it to us, so yea now it all good and back to normal 3 quarts of fresh fluid haha. yea i think im gonna wait till it gets warmer before i go taking it out and everything, besides id rather try and finish that turbo first anyway, but thanks for all the advice guys!

[Batman]

Nothing better then watching all the springs and check balls go flying in an automatic, fun fun fun! Make sure you don't lose anything and when you are done cleaning the parts, clean them again and then go ahead and clean them.

[mtscorvette]

lmao, that sucks. you talk from experience?

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

im sure he does!! haha as well do i pulling off a valve body and having Balls bounce EVERYWEREEEEE is a good learning experience!!!! haha

[Batman]

even better when a spring goes flying

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

and pokes an eye out?!?!?! hahaha

[mtscorvette]

lmao thats why i'm afraid of tranny's, dont like spring loaded things lol

[Slowhawk]

Been a few years doing the shiftkit's but I remember hating them. With the cars I tune they don't need shiftkit's because I can tune the line pressure's and TM which makes it feel like a shiftkit.

[c4boom]

but do you get the added trans life and such of the shift and clutch kits?

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

added trans life doesnt just come from adding cluthes and shift kits. in most cases if those are added to an other wise stock tranny(hard parts) then it wont last as long as stock. im sure the way don tunes it theres no real loss in longevity to the trannys unless you drive it like a fool(Ronnie) and shift it all the time..... hahaha

[c4boom]

i was thinking more trans clutch life if hard parts are going to let go they are going to let go no mater what you do unless you up grade them.