awg

I would certainly measure the trans pressure from this port, I have my own gauge, and the barbs are inexpensive, size is shown

BigBearBBQ

Oh wow. Thank you for that. I'll need to pick up that sized port this week. We live in Big Bear, CA (about a 2 hour drive from everything), so getting specific parts on the fly is difficult. Heck, we don't even get regular mail delivery up here. It's all done at the overworked Post Office, so next day delivery is realistically 3 day priority.

I'm not going to lie, I needed to take a little time away from this project these last two days & catch up on my own life. LOL
I'll have some updates for ya tomorrow.

awg

just double check you got the port 1st, i believe they deleted it in '98

its a T55, has loctite on it

i just order the port of ebay takes about one week

just got a 27 NPT to 3/16 barb for my D44 axle tube vent, probably find the old one now, only cost me $3.95

BigBearBBQ

Hey guys! Sorry for the delay, it decided to snow all last week & I just wan't feelin' it.

I didn't get the pressure valve, but I did remove the upper cooler line from the radiator and ran the car to see if it was pumping oil. Nothing at all.

Looks like I've fallen victim to that improperly assembled oil pump. It didn't look worn when I went through it, but it most likely is just perfectly worn.
I'm ordering the part today and I'll give you guys an update hopefully soon.

lawsoncl

Really dumb question. You did bolt up the t/c converter to the flexplate right? I have trouble believing you're getting nothing at all, even if the pump is worn out.

Roler

Wrongholefool

I was wondering this while reading through this thread too.