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Here's the picture of those thrustwasher's I mentioned yesterday. You can clearly see that the left thrustwasher is larger. This one goes on the rear drum assembly.

OK, back to the rebuild. Here's some pictures of my reassembly of the front and rear drum assemblies. Here I'm installing the thrustwashers on the rear drum hub. This washer is the same size as the "Selective" thrustwasher used on the "Input Shaft" but it will not have a marking on it. The...

I'm still tearing down one of the transmissions I picked up in Canada. Today I found out the cause of death for this transmission. Water. Seems the last owner took his M135 for a swim. There was extensive damage to many different parts of the transmission. The reduction units clutches where...

On the tower bushings you need to apply a "soaking" lubricant like "Tri-Flow" . It's a Teflon lubricant that can absorb into those fiber bushings keeping it lubed for a long time. Piglet's looking good David !!!! Good job !

I got the pistons back from the machine shop and reinstalled everything. Pressure tested it and all is fine. But in the meantime, I tore down one of the five 303M transmissions I got in Canada two weeks ago and after cleaning it up found out it needs a new return wave spring in the reduction...

They were a great unit but cost too much to keep producing. Also they were rebuildable, so the manufacturer didn't get the money they would normally get selling a new one. They work extremely well and are adjustable, going from soft to very firm control.

It's funny that your working on the shift tower now. I just recently tore down one of mine and sandblasted it, then painted it. Interesting fact, it uses fiber swivel joints instead of copper/bronze ones.

Those round copper rings are crush gaskets for the oil pan coolant and oil plugs and the reduction unit filter/drain plug.

I always loved the "Houdaille" (pronounced: who-die) shock absorber. Sometimes called the "knee action" shock. The original rebuildable shock absorber.

This Monday I'll be taking all the pistons I have down to the machine shop to be modified to except rubber seals. Hopefully this will not take too long. In the meantime I have seven HydraMatics to tear down. Lets see what parts I can salvage from them.

Using the special clamp tool again I compress the seal rings and install the rear drum assembly. Now after installing the front and rear bands the drum assemblies are ready to go into the case. You need to "stab" the front shaft first angling the assembly into the case. The TM shows this. I...

I'm breaking up this post since the pictures downloaded stay with the post now. Makes it really messy and confusing trying to get everything organized. Once the drums are all ready to go it's time to install the pistons. I did have the inner seal area machined to except rubber seals but I...

Well, I'm back on the rebuild. I had been spending all my time last month getting ready to go see "plowboy" in Edmonton Canada. Due to a lot of crazyness I had to abort that trip, but I was able to go see a guy in "100 mile House" Canada who had several transmissions and parts for sell. I ended...

Sorry "plowboy" no special repair kits. I did buy 10 gasket kits for $20.00 each. Still in the original military wrapper. It was the same kit I got from you earlier, so no "reduction unit" gaskets. He did have fiber plates in 50 pack boxes. I bought a few. I asked if I needed more would he mail...

No. I spent the night up there and came back the next morning. I was "toasted" after driving for 8 hours and then loading up the truck. Coming back was also a trial as I was "overloaded" ( around 1.5 tons) and those mountain roads are steep ! I spent most of my time at 45 to 50 MPH to keep from...

Well "plowboy" I just got back from "Lyle's" place today. Eight hours up and eight hours back. He has quite a collection of M135 parts up there. I ended up with five 303M transmissions and other assorted goodies. I don't know the condition of the transmissions though. He had them all outside. He...

Double posted.

Mine just takes a while to get there these days ;)

I just remembered the name of that hydraulic fitting. It's called a "comp-u-check" , and is used to test everything from engine oils to air systems.

I talked with Arlin today. Basically, I was misled. He originally told me once the cost to load the specifications into the computer was met, it would be simple to replicate the gaskets and the cost would be lower than my original investment. Now he's saying every order is subject to this extra...