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I don't have a manual that says anything about the band adjustment so I was using two other sources. I have the Bentley and a Haynes.
Quoted from source I used:
"Only the earliest trans used the spacer as called for in the instructions from "****". If you have a Turbo car and the trans serial number is 001-1700 or lower, or if your non-turbo trans has serial number 002-2800 or lower, then use a 1/4-inch (6.4 mm) spacer. Tighten the adjuster stud to 11 inch-pounds (one foot-pound is close enough), then back it off one turn. While preventing stud from turning, tighten its locknut.
Many of these older trans were upgraded by Borg-Warner, and will have a number beginning with the letters RS. For these, and for ALL OTHER trans with serial numbers greater than quoted above, the adjustment procedure is this:
Use a spacer of 8.9 mm thickness. Tighten adjuster stud to 11 inch-pounds (for all practical purposes, one foot-pound) and DO NOT back it off. Tighten its locknut.
Some practical advice from my own experience:
(1) Make your spacer from a cut-down bolt (or other stock) from 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch in diameter. Hacksaw and file it to the correct thickness. Try to get it as precise as possible, but a 10% error is acceptable.
(2) Measuring one foot-pound takes either a micro-torque wrench or a torque screwdriver: Both are hard to find and expensive. (I nailed a torque screwdriver on eBay a year ago for $20, but this was a fluke. And...I had already done my band adjustment by feel, as described below.)
Here's an approximation if you don't have the torque-measuring tool: For the early trans, finger-tighten the adjuster stud then give it a 1/2-turn with a wrench. For the later trans, again finger-tighten the stud but give it 1 and 1/2 turns with the wrench."
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