Misc Transmission and Engine Bits

This is the latest round on the engine and tranny. I needed the straight pipe thread to 6 AN adapter for the cooler lines on the transmission. I don't have time to sit down and make sure the part is exactly what it says it is. In other words I can't double check every facet of a sellers part or their description. There simply isn't enough time in the day to do that to every single part. With that I occasionally have to trust a seller. I usually get screwed but tis the way it has to be when you're a one man band.

These cooler line adapters were no exception.

I ordered the first round of fittings.

Ummm no. The original double flare on the left and the adapter on the right. Wrong size pipe thread. The description says fits C6's..... Here we go again...

Bought another set that said fit C6 and this time I did check the description and the thread count and lack of taper was correct. Super.....

But it didn't fit. It wouldn't thread into the case and the O-ring they provided was waaaaaaaay to thick.

Oh good grief.

The thread pitch matches the one off the transmission soooooooooooooooooo......

okay.

You turd.

I find this, modifying brand new parts, the new normal sadly. Just ran it through a pipe die.

Now it threads right in and the O-ring seats properly now in the case grove. Something that should take 5 minutes took over 30 minutes. I really do pity the next generation of car buffs in dealing with this seemingly perpetual lack of concern/quality/caring/pride in others work and brand new parts. It was never this bad 20 years ago. You really do need a full compliment of tooling and experience to handle these situations otherwise you'll never get anywhere.

In this long duration of waiting on engine parts (pistons and cam) I was also waiting on Holman Moody for the FE super cobra jet oil filter adapter that has the oil cooler fittings replete with integrated viscosity by-pass valve. These are Blue Thunder reproductions. I also needed the bronze cam plate for the steel core camshaft as you can't run a steel core camshaft against the original steel retainer FE plate. They had the plate but I waited months for the oil filter adapter.

I was told they are made by an older gentleman and the feeling I got was they may not be available in the future. They are pricey, but when Holman Moody finally got a shipment in I said how many do you have. They said after months they only received two.

So guess what...

Now they have none.

I figured I needed one more for the '68 XL's 390. But if by chance I never get around to it I can always sell a brand new NOS one. And if they discontinue it the price of an NOS one in a box will skyrocket and then it will probably pay for everything I ever bought from Holman Moody knowing how old car parts follow closely the laws of supply and demand.

More to come.

Cheers