Still building my trans back up (get like an hour a day to play with it! Damn 'job' that gives me 'money' - sigh).
Anyhow, I was sticking the low/reverse piston in, and of course didn't want to damage it, rip seals etc. I know air checking is the norm for testing it after (to see if you DID fuck it up!), so thought.... hmmm.... I wonder if negative air would help install it?!
Well I'll be damned if it wasn't that easy! I was doing some AC on one of my other whips so had the vac right there. Stuck a rubber hose down the port you would use for air checking, fired up the vac and just pressed the hose against the SAE fitting (figured if things started going south I could just move the hose away!). But it just slowly, gently and gracefully sucked the piston into place! Zero drama!
Anyhow, I was sticking the low/reverse piston in, and of course didn't want to damage it, rip seals etc. I know air checking is the norm for testing it after (to see if you DID fuck it up!), so thought.... hmmm.... I wonder if negative air would help install it?!
Well I'll be damned if it wasn't that easy! I was doing some AC on one of my other whips so had the vac right there. Stuck a rubber hose down the port you would use for air checking, fired up the vac and just pressed the hose against the SAE fitting (figured if things started going south I could just move the hose away!). But it just slowly, gently and gracefully sucked the piston into place! Zero drama!