TKO 500 Install - 1966 Coronet - SST Kit

road chicken · Oct 5, 2019

Check your driveshaft angles immediately. I had havoc with my 71 runner and that keisler kit...which is who SST bought out and renamed themselves. They have not fixed the problem for the 71-74 b bodies because it won't work without cutting the body crossmember or a CV equipped driveshaft. Hopefully the 66 kit doesn't have that same issue.

watermelon · Oct 5, 2019

thanks. will be checking

just looking at different spots to reroute wires right now

watermelon

Joe66satellite · Oct 5, 2019

watermelon said:
thanks. will be checking

just looking at different spots to reroute wires right now

watermelon

You got a picture from a book there of your gear shift lever assembly I've got a 66 Plymouth Satellite and I need a book like that where do we get assembly manuals where did you get that book

watermelon · Oct 5, 2019

use ebay

search term 1966 plymouth manual - look for a seller out of washington

somewhere here posted a link to a website too, search this website

watermelon

watermelon · Oct 6, 2019

gonna pop a new hole in firewall for electrical

an just an F-35 over Huntington Beach

when do I get to the transmission part?

watermelon

watermelon · Oct 6, 2019

will need to rig up a nice firewall grommet eventually

watermelon

watermelon · Oct 7, 2019

im gonna have to throw some real tko500 swap stuff eventually

now it’s just pull out back seat for now to get to the exhaust bolts...might not be oem but it’s what I see on this heap

anyhow...it was either slap a stick on this 66 or pull the trigger on a 2017 ACR Viper......im thinking im under the budget for sure

Hi Mom! Hi Love!

watermelon

Kern Dog · Oct 8, 2019

WTF is that electrical plug for? That isn't related to the 5 speed swap is it ??

watermelon · Oct 8, 2019

Kern Dog said:
WTF is that electrical plug for? That isn't related to the 5 speed swap is it ??

the plug is for the MSD Atomic EFI system

i moved electronics inside the car. got tired of diassembling connectors so made a pass through. i have a feeling i’ll probably be moving things around in the future at some point

watermelon

watermelon · Oct 12, 2019

exhaust is out of the way. i was thinking this is the time to slip in some schumacher headers

my next step is to drain the 727 and associated lines/transmission cooler

will start researching how to remove the 727...i heard engine need to be angled/lowered for removal too...not sure what that means yet...guess it’s in the service manual

watermelon

Kern Dog · Oct 14, 2019

Having the exhaust out is a nice thing. After that, it is all nuts and bolts. I like to plug the end with an unused trans yoke to keep fluid spillage to a minimum. I used to swap transmissions using a floor jack. I made jigs to fit as well. I made flat plates with a peg that locked into the floor jack. THe plates bolted to the trans case so the trans could not slip off. The main problem has always been that the car has to be placed pretty high off of the ground for clearance. The trans sitting on the floor jack sat so high, you almost always had to install or remove through the front of the car so the top of the bellhousing would clear. THEN with the car up so high, it was a strain of the neck trying to get the bell housing bolts on or off. You can't sit up and when you are laying down, your arms are often too short. I use air ratchets and wobbly sockets for bolts that are not a straight access but the ratchet sometimes starts at a fast rate and the sockets slip off.

watermelon · Oct 18, 2019

nuthin special to report

just draining the 727 and going to be draining the transmission cooler and removing the lines

watermelon

watermelon · Oct 20, 2019

no need to look

just re-wiring due to need to move a bunch o stuff as they were passing through the original clutch pedal are

got this sticker in the SST kit...will place somewhere after project is done

T.V./interweb always makes these projects look like they get installed in an hour max

watermelon

watermelon · Oct 22, 2019

more of nothing to report

looks like I’m keeping the manifolds and exhaust setup as is....just gonna do some additional heat wrap on top of the heat wrap I have

letting gravity drain out some fluids for the time being...then will send some low pressure compressed air through the transmission lines....then pull the line altogether

I figure if I spend 15mins a month on this project will get done when my great grandkids are shooting laser beams and flying them damned hot rod air car thingamabobs

watermelon

Kern Dog · Oct 22, 2019

Holy crap....My A/C install took less time!

watermelon · Oct 24, 2019

another small step for all auto drivers

damn.....I need to catch up on Dennis H’s latest thread

watermelon

watermelon · Oct 28, 2019

more of not a lot to report

removed dipstick and starter. also tossed on the summit deep trans pan and removed the moroso deep pan because I didn’t want to chew up the Moroso upon removal

gonna drop Coronet back onto wheels and let it settle then take some driveline measurements as it sits now to have something to compare to when the TKO get fitted up

still doing some electrical routing too

watermelon

Kern Dog · Oct 28, 2019

You work for the Government, don't you?

Kern Dog · Oct 30, 2019

I knew a guy that worked for a Defense contractor. He was a methodical guy but Holeeeee CRAP was he slow at everything that he did.

watermelon · Oct 30, 2019

im only a month into it

youre gonna keep me motivated

watermelon

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