Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

My M20 is being restored by Fellow sYc alumni Nick Morocco:-)

Nick picked up the Trans at MCACN and sent a few pictures as he starts inspecting it.

"Ryan,

I started the disassembly of your Muncie and wanted to share some pictures with you. This may take a couple of emails to send them all so there may be some additional emails.

There are a couple of issues you will see in the pictures. They are:

· The tail shaft has been welded on where the drive shaft yoke goes in. Looks like a rear U-joint may have broken causing the drive shaft to whip around. If that is the case, you may see some signs of that on your floor boards. The other possibility could be the drive shaft is too long causing the yoke to be pushed too far as the suspension flexes. Please chek for this at final assembly. You need about ¾ to 1 inch travel from where the yoke is bottomed into the trans and the rear U-joint needs pulled into the differential yoke.

· 4th gear shows a lot of synchro teeth wear as does 1st gear. First gear could be attributed to clutch adjustment and 4th gear to driver. 2nd and 3rd look surprisingly better that 1st and 4th. Go figure.

· The side cover “inside” arms are the weakest arms ever made. You can see that in the pictures. Just a small connection point from there are forks attach on the inside and the outside arms attach. The outside threads are also 5/16 studs which is also a weak point.

We have a few options we can talk about before assembly.

Nick Morocco"

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I have been looking into clutch linkage:-) Olds guys say GH is correct:-)

Have a bracket coming for the brake distribution block as mine was moved on top of the frame for header clearance.

Ryan

[Postsedan]

The bracket is an easy find, but first check with Al Stager. He may have the bracket?.....You are fortunate to have the correct Z-bar and adjuster.....as originals are very difficult to find.

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Good point I will check if Al has any loose items floating around:-)

An Olds guy offered the bracket for free, just shipping cost:-) (So many people have jumped in to help me out!!!!)

I really appreciate all the support!!!

Ryan

[Postsedan]

BTW....your box of parts arrived yesterday [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Yeah Oldsmobile parts!!!!

Thanks

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Merry Christmas!!!

Put together the rack of bins to keep me organized and got the electric heater out in preparation for snow on the horizon:-)

Thanks Family!!!

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Nick and I had a fun transmission chat today:-)

He said the tail stock is ok to use as is but he will look for a replacement. (I don't know who did the welding so probably best to go for a better piece)

Nick will price a new gear set minus the reverse gear as he said it is mint, he will also look for just the worn gears and we will see what is best. (he just used a new set of gears and they are impressive:-)

Nick will look for replacement shifter &quot;thingys&quot; so the M20 has all the same stuff as my M22.

I sent a Hurst Competition Plus shifter with the transmission but it is for a console car....maybe the offset piece which attaches to the handle can be replaced? Need to modify it a little to suit the original H shifter handle:-)

Nick noticed the transmission had been apart and not used as it wouldn't have worked anyways:-) the needle bearings were not in the right place. (I have to figure out where they were but he explained they were inside the race and they should be outside or visa versa)

Nick explained a few improvements he does to his Muncies from his years of drag racing his Yenko Chevelle:-) I think he said a 2 to 7 ratio of banana peels to saw dust added to the case reduces noise:-) Joke!!!!

I have only some Google and YouTube transmission experience so I am very happy Nick has offered to head up this portion of the restoration:-) I really respect experience!!!

I want to get my M22 freshened to see if any surprises are lurking......but have to put the rock crusher aside:-(

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

We talked clutches, pressure plates, pilot bushings, flywheels to but I have to pull the bell housing off to see what is in there?

Al sent an extra Diapgram and three finger style pressure plate (He really liked the &quot;kicker clutch&quot;:-)

Still lots to figure out:-)

Ryan