i have never rebuilt a transmission but i figured id give it a try cause i broke my input shaft. Well anyways i got the seals in the pistons and i can't get the piston to drop into place cause the seals are like inverted.
The book says to use thin plastic but never use metal. i have tried a cut up pop bottle and what not ive lubed them up with petrolium jelly and i still cant get them PLZ HELP if you know of any tricks or anything to use!!!!!!!!!

 

try to freeze the piston and seals.

 

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How about trying a feeler gauge?

 

use plastic wire ties for compressors and they just slide in.

 

When I went to transmission school we used transparency film from an over head projectors.

 

sweet thanks a lot guys im going to freeze them and see what happens. I'll let you know how it goes today!

 

iv'e rebuilt a few in my life and always used a feeler guage.... (except for the ford AXOD) .... be sure and use plenty of lube, my favorite was STP

 

I use door ease lube the hard grease stick. kind of sticks the seal to the piston. rebuilt hundreds this way .piston slides right in.

 

i got it in tonight not good. reverse works perfect. 1st gear worked for about a mile started slipping and i lost all forward gears. pretty sure one of the seals is messed up not sure what i did wrong cause i really took my time with all the seals. If anyone lives in des moines/grimes area and knows how to pull transmissions i could use a hand i have a heated garage and a lift.