Looking forward to these swaps man. I have my trans lined up from a buddy with the flywheel, and trans lines. All I need is the driveshaft and narness. Already ordered the maintenance kit for it. Engine is out of the car rdy to go in as soon as the trans is hooked up to it.
Looking forward to these swaps man. I have my trans lined up from a buddy with the flywheel, and trans lines. All I need is the driveshaft and narness. Already ordered the maintenance kit for it. Engine is out of the car rdy to go in as soon as the trans is hooked up to it.
I’ve been doing more work on the C55 and kinda forgot to update my thread—might’ve missed a few things, but here’s what I’ve knocked out over the past few days. She’s getting close to being road-ready again!
New brakes all around
Flushed and replaced brake fluid, power steering fluid, diff fluid, and transmission fluid
Installed a PPE aluminum finned trans pan during the trans service to help keep temps down
Threw in some stainless hardware to dress things up a bit while I was in there
What’s left before she’s back on the road:
Hooking up the headers to the rest of the exhaust
New tires
Replacing the hood latch cable
All the remaining parts are already ordered—just waiting on deliveries. Shouldn’t be long now!
Here’s some pics of how the old fluid came out and the new PPE pan! Brake fluid Power steering fluid New PPE pan! Inside of new PPE pan New PPE pan installed!
Great post! How do you check the fill level of the PPE pan if it's deeper to accommodate the extra fluid?
Great post! How do you check the fill level of the PPE pan if it's deeper to accommodate the extra fluid?
The ppe pan has a raised point where the dipstick goes so that the dipstick will still measure correctly, i used to have a pic but sadly that was on my old phone, i have a 722.9 in the car now so the pan is long gone. It was really nice though, if they made one for the .9 id probably get it.
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