Here's the latest update.......
BTW This is the Dad writing this post....sorry if my son and I have got anyone confused in the last couple of posts.
Anyway, I spoke with the guy we are having do the swap today. He installed the new dizzy we bought; bringing #1 cyl to t.d.c. on compression stroke before dropping it in and found that the timing mark on the harmonic balancer is 180 degrees off. (I wasn't there to confirm that it was on the compression stroke)
I personally have rebuilt a number of small block chevy's and have never been faced with this issue myself.
I hate to second guess his abilities, but I wanted to ask you guys if there is something he may be doing wrong. Should the 88 roller engine line up like this? My feeling is that he doesn't have the cyl up on compression stroke but rather on exhaust stroke. Am I thinking correctly?
I know the engine is in time because it was running when we pulled it and we never broke the timing assembly apart. Although we didn't check where the timing was lining up at before we pulled the old dizzy.
My next question is does anyone know what cable/gear combo to use so that the 88 AOD tranny will work with the 81 speed-o?
And thirdly are there any sensors that have to be used from the 88 to make it shift correctly? The only plugs that are on the tranny is the speed-o and what I believe is the back-up lights and neutral safety switch. In other words, it shouldn't be an electronic overdrive correct?
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