I have to replace the seal that goes between the tranny case and the TV cable assembly on my 700-R4. It is a very tight area and Im wondering if I drop my transmission crosmember and unbolt my motor mounts, will the entire engine/trans assembly tilt rearward enough to work in there? Is this a really bad idea?

2nd question:

How do I go about changing that seal? Do I put it into the transmission case and then push the cable assembly in and tighten? Or do I push the seal into the cable thing and then put it all into the casing?

3rd Question:

Are the seals for the 700-R4 and the 200C different? I worry because my car's an 83 and the idiots at Autozone say the 700-R4 wasn't available in 83.

Thanks for reading.

 

Disconnect the TV Cable up top, then take the 10mm bolt out at the bottom. Unhook the cable from the hook on the link sticking out of the tranny and change the seal. Reverse the procedure to reinstall then do this: To adjust the TV Cable skip the book method and do this: Press the 'D' shaped lock button on the adjuster and loosen the cable setting (The black housing that the metal cable is in will move forward). Now, have someone floor the gas pedal while you check to see if the throttle plate is open all the way. Usually they are off a little and will wiggle. Do whatever you have to do to get it open solid. Now, with the pedal still floored, press the 'D' button and pull the cable casing (the black tube) back as hard as you can (putting maximum tension on the metal cable) and release the button. You now have the engine, tranny and gas pedal all in sync at WOT. Mark the cable casing so if for some reason it gets moved you can know where to put it again. The problem with the 'self adjust method' is that it bends things and puts them permanently out of whack. It is also the full TV setting, which is theoretically what the GM method does.
I DON'T get my advise from AUTOZONE!

 

I haven't been under a Camaro with a 700-r4 for a while , but
my friend was an R&R man at a local tranny shop and he dropped the pan and removed the linkage/cable from the valvebody, then
pulled it up to clear the case. It also made it easy to remove the dipstick tube after it is unbolted from the block. Just drive it out from the bottom. The 200c uses the same TV cable seal as the
700-r4 and 200-r4. Put it in the case then push the cable into it.
There is no need for sealer.