Doggiedoc’s Roush Resurrection

[doggiedoc]

Finally working on the Roush again. I've been working on it for a couple or three weeks now. So focused on getting it back running I haven't really thought about taking any pics. I'll snap a few and give some updates this weekend.

And yes, the engine is actually in it now!

 

[Musturd]

Looking forward to updates

 

[white95]

Great! Been wondering about this lately.

 

[joe65]

Thought maybe you had gone to the dogs.

 

[doggiedoc]

It's alive!!!!

 

[doggiedoc]

So, everything was going pretty good. I had it all back together enough to drive around the block a few times only to discover that the clutch wasn’t fully engaging! I didn’t know if it was an adjustment or an installation issue and spent most of Friday afternoon trying to troubleshoot it.

 

[doggiedoc]

it turns out this may be the problem. I forgot to swap out the pivot ball stud for my application. This is the one I just took out, it’s too short and didn’t allow the clutch fork to fully release, because it would hit the case.

 

[doggiedoc]

to get to the transmission bolts I had to lower the engine down enough to access the very top bolt, which was a big pain in the ass!



I had to let everything just dangle, to get it low enough.





after I put the transmission back in but you can see how it angles downward enough to allow access, I had to buy a cheap harbor freight transmission jack to get it done by myself but it was only $129. Not a bad value in my opinion.

 

[Musturd]

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to get to the transmission bolts I had to lower the engine down enough to access the very top bolt, which was a big pain in the ass!


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I had to let everything just dangle, to get it low enough.



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after I put the transmission back in but you can see how it angles downward enough to allow access, I had to buy a cheap harbor freight transmission jack to get it done by myself but it was only $129. Not a bad value in my opinion.

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When dealing with tremecs I also had to grab a tranny Jack . Stoked to see progress on the roush . Oh boy I see roush Alcon brakes

 

[doggiedoc]

Of course it rains on my day off…

I’d really like to finish this up today.

 

[doggiedoc]

Had to drill and tap a hole for the clutch cable cover. I guess T 56 magnums don’t come with a hole already for other applications.

 

[RAU03MACH]

View attachment 25232
to get to the transmission bolts I had to lower the engine down enough to access the very top bolt, which was a big pain in the ass!


View attachment 25234
I had to let everything just dangle, to get it low enough.



View attachment 25235

after I put the transmission back in but you can see how it angles downward enough to allow access, I had to buy a cheap harbor freight transmission jack to get it done by myself but it was only $129. Not a bad value in my opinion.

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Have that same jack
Works good for what I need