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Posted by: Dr Evil Jun 22 2009, 11:00 PM

As I was cleaning up the pool of nastiness oozing all over my floor from a tail shifter someone dropped off as a parts donor [it was supposed to have been drained ], I started to get the feeling that this was going to be an interesting autopsy. I was not disappointed.

Among the things I found:
- Missing detent balls - that is why it was hard to shift it into gears and have it stay
- Broken <-- large thrust washer. Not sure how this happened. Fricken amazing.
- 4/5th slider completely toothless! Unheard of.
- All synchro bands but 5th were shiny and trashed
- Castellated nut on 1st was hand tight after roll pin was removed

All the damn work it took to cannibalize this damn gear box and what was I able to salvage? Two intermediate plate bearings, one set of dog teeth and one synchro band. Almost not worth it Disgusting, hateful things.

Posted by: messix Jun 22 2009, 11:05 PM

hey Mike it sounds like you need some cheese too!







to go with your whine!

Posted by: RobW Jun 22 2009, 11:17 PM

Sounds like a tough date there Mike. Get back in the game though buddy! We need ya!

Posted by: McMark Jun 23 2009, 12:56 AM

You know what they say... if it pops out of 5th, just hold it in place and drive on as if nothing is wrong.

Posted by: Dr Evil Jun 23 2009, 10:39 AM

With the missing detente ball the person would have had to have held it in 4th or 5th. 4th was toast.

Posted by: Todd Enlund Jun 23 2009, 11:14 AM

Posted by: kwales Jun 23 2009, 01:31 PM

Soooo......

What you are trying to tell us is the PO was a toothless, ball-less wonder with a broken thrust washer....

And surgery didn't help......

Posted by: SirAndy Jun 24 2009, 03:01 PM

QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Jun 22 2009, 09:00 PM)

Posted by: Dr Evil Jun 24 2009, 03:24 PM

I would have taken pics but it was one hell of a mess. I can take pics of the parts, but they are not very interesting if you dont know what you are looking at.

Posted by: Cupomeat Jun 24 2009, 03:45 PM

Well, as the tranny was mine, I take full responsibility and have already apologized for the failure to drain the transmission. Sorry again.

I couldn't tell you who the PO was as the car came from a swap, but the rest of the car was pretty much the same horror story. I bet it was a home job, in which it was taken apart and whatever fell out, didn't exactly make it back in. I wonder what they believe they "fixed".

The car was never driven on the road after I got it, nor ever by me so I can't speak to the tranny use. However, the smoke that the engine produced was said to have affected the mosquito population in Marcy NY for 2 full years.

Let's hope the next two are not as bad, but as they have no real history, I can't promise anything except I didn't drain the fluids...

Let me know if I need to bring you yet another transmission (drained, of course).

Posted by: Spoke Jun 24 2009, 04:16 PM

That wasn't the one I gave you was it? I thought I drained that one.

Posted by: r_towle Jun 24 2009, 06:11 PM

The thread of guilt gets longer and longer.

Our community is getting smaller so its getting harder to vent without running into an active member here....

Rich

Posted by: SLITS Jun 24 2009, 06:24 PM

BUSTED

The Hazmat team will be there in a minute!

Posted by: Dr Evil Jun 24 2009, 09:48 PM

Nah, I already privately chastised Meat All in good fun. It is not his fault that the gear box was so screwed. I wont know what I need until I get into the better boxed you brought I believe them to be much better.