I am planning to install my transgo shift kit soon, but when talking to a guy who has a lot of car experience he said that in the 700r there is a rod that comes out of the cylinder or something when you take the valve body out and it is extremely difficault to replace, and that I should have a trans place install it.
The video doesn't mention any rod coming out of the trans, I know there are a lot of people who have done this installation before so is this true?
I know this guy knows what hes talking about with engines, not sure how much trans experience he has but he's pretty reliable.

Chris

 

I am sure that he is talking about the shift linkage. I know that is it somewhat a pita because I have seen someone reinstalling the valve body and that he had to take special care that this piece goes back on exactly the way it was.

 

I have heard of peopoe having problems with the 3-4 Accumulator Piston Pin. It will fall out if the Piston is worn (most are). This is the one above the Seperator Plate.

 

Leo took the words right out of my mouth. Once you pull the valvebody and spacer plate down, you will see that a large spring comes out of the case as well. In that cavity where the spring came out, you will see a piston pushed all the way up in the case w/ a pin in the middle. It usually falls out when your back is turned, so you don't know its missing, you usually find it when its all back together and your draining your drain pan

 

Or fall out and hit you in the center of the forehead as you intently stare
at the piston figuring a way to get it out. Once the rod hits the center of the
forehead it becomes easy to get the piston out.

Before dropping the valve body observe and make a diagram of the shift
shaft linkage. This caused me some grief. There is a small rod that goes
from the shift shaft over to the manual select valve on the valve body. Also
note how the manual shift valve goes into the valve body.

There is also a rod that extends toward the back of the tranny that engages
the park pawl. Once I had the valve body in I ended up loosening the nut on the shift
shaft and sliding it out some. This allowed me to get these two rods back
into place.

The factory manual was a requirement. Without it my trans would never
been put back together correctly (at least by me).

RBob.

 

So is this piston pin and spring difficault yo put back in? Can I put it in and keep it in place with vaseline (which seems to be transgo's panacea) until I put the separator plate back in?

 

You will be installing it "backwards" which helps. Also go to a local shop and get new accumulator seals or better yet, go to the dealer and get new pistons and seals since they will be worn out anyway. The tension of the new seals will help keep it in place.

 

What Leo said. I used the vaseline on the end of the rod. By pushing the
rod up into place the vaseline seals it so that air can't get in behind it.
Then it won't fall out. If doing this under a car it can help to be
an octopus.

Using the vaseline on the check ***** held them in place rather well. Better
then I expected.

Oh, and when taking the boost valve out, stay out from under it. A whole
bunch of ATF follows. I think the entire contents of the pump ended up
on my face and in my hair!

RBob.