Re[2]: 727 rebuilds for life!

[jmbrodsky@domain.elided]

     Tom,
     
        The hole in the bellhousing would not diminish the strength of the 
     bellhousing.  It's round so it won't start a crack, and it's far too 
     small in a Non-stress area to matter.  I'm only talking about a 1/4" 
     hole max!  I'm not rebuilding the tranny, Banks is, so if they can tap 
     it for me, great.  But, I can't, if they don't.  If they dont, I'll 
     have to JB weld it.  Also, the elbow would stick out at LEAST 1/2" or 
     more, so the small brass pipe of 1/8" would not be a problem, provided 
     that the clearance in greater than that.
     
        The crank-rotary valve clearance for a Vespa Motorscooter 2-stroke 
     engine is 0.008!  You can barely get a piece of paper in there by the 
     carb port before it cuts it off.  Is the Torque convertor very close 
     to the tranny?  Take some plasticene clay and put a dab on there, and 
     push the convertor on and let us know.  It's up to you.  Only you can 
     save us Tom.  Only you....
     
     
     -Joel