[T3] Auto tranny TLC

["Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>]

<x-flowed>Hi all,

As some of you know, my car is off the road at the moment. I am doing an 
"exterior overhaul" on the engine - cleaning the engine up, replacing the 
fan and fan housing, installing a thermostat, painting some on the engine 
tin, replacing some more and adding bits of tin that were missing up till 
now. When this is finished I will have a full set of engine tin for the 
first time.

Here is my engine as it looks right now:

http://www.type34.info/temp/After%20Gunk.jpg

As it's going to be a while before I have all the parts I need to put 
everything back together, I was wondering whether it would be an idea to 
give the tranny some TLC too - take of the pan (hopefully I won't find 
broken bits of brake bans like Greg did), clean the filter, clean the 
governor, replace gaskets, etc.

I have a full gasket set. Is there anything I should know about before I 
start doing this? I have a bottle of very lethal solvent that I bought to 
dip my carbs in, but never used. Is this suitable for cleaning the governor? 
Is it safe to spray the whole of the outside of the tranny and diff with 
Gunk Engine Brite? What am I likely to screw up? Is there anything else I 
should do while its open? Sorry for the million questions, but I've never 
done this before, and I find the tranny a bit daunting.


Thanks,

Daniel


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