1968 volvo
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You're 10 years late to the party.
Dang. Y'all been here for a long time. Ten years later and still driving crappy Volvos. They must be special.
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You're 10 years late to the party.
anyone wanna sell a m40 or m41... I promise this time I will make sure that all the gear oil doesn't in 15 miles.
I have both the the manuals and I compared them to the linkage in my car. it all seems to be there but I will check again for sure. The bushings did look a little bit old on the linkage. Can I get those on Vp? I'm not going to just pull my transmission without being really sure that its what I want to do.You can't just swap the transmission. You need the pedals, shifter, (wiring, etc., if OD trans), clutch parts, flywheel, driveshaft, etc....
Just get a used BW35, or drop yours & take it to a trans shop to rebuild.
Park is purely mechanical linkage lock, so something is up mechanically if it won't lock, besides all the lack of gear engagement issues. The shift linkage has a number of pivot points & bushings, so you want to try using the lever on the trans to engage park, instead of the shift lever, to confirm if the Park engagement is an external linkage issue or internal.
As suggested, you need at the very least the Haynes manual, and preferably the Volvo Greenbook, you can look at all the pretty pictures & photos that show how the trans & shift work & are connected (along with all the other systems you will be fixing as you go along).
Dang. Y'all been here for a long time. Ten years later and still driving crappy Volvos. They must be special.
I was driving crappy Volvos before you're glint in your father's eye.
I have both the the manuals and I compared them to the linkage in my car. it all seems to be there but I will check again for sure. The bushings did look a little bit old on the linkage. Can I get those on Vp? I'm not going to just pull my transmission without being really sure that its what I want to do.
There are a few different bushings for the automatic shifter but the most common one to fail is the ball socket bushing. Volvo never sold the bushing separately, you had to buy it with the linkage which is no longer available. We found a source for the bushings and sell them to the other suppliers who then mark them up.
https://www.cvi-automotive.se/en/articles/2.14455.55750/shift-linkage-bushing-ball-socket-amazon1401641800
https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-parts/drive-train/transmission/automatic-tansmission/transmission-control/bushing-gear-selector/1054958/
https://vp-autoparts.com/en/artiklar/bushing-shift-linkage-az_140_164_1800.html
http://hiperformanceautoservice.com/product_info.php?products_id=36
Three of the socket bushings and 1 of these grommet type bushings will fix most linkage issues.
http://hiperformanceautoservice.com/product_info.php?products_id=1536
There are column lever bushings and bell crank bushings as well but they usually don't wear like the linkage bushings.
do you have a transmission pan gasket?
https://imgur.com/a/u3ZGAbB
That doesn't belong.
Yes. Planetman (my brother) will PM you about the bushings and gasket.
Yes it does. It's what engages the parking pawl.
His trans should be an air cooled BW35. He can use it if he wants to install a cooler and lines.
That's impressive learning for a 15-yr-old. Not to mention healthy resilience and optimism. Good signs.had to completely rebuild the brake system, the carburetors were shot, the ignition system made no spark at all ect. Continuing on with the rebuild with good faith that it would run and drive well someday.