Now Be honest..., Rebuilding the transmission.... Options

[aveale]

Now I don't want the "15 minute Oil Cooler Seal" Replacement Hoax (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

I have a grindy going into second gear and that is it. The gates are tight everywhere, linkage is great, bushings seem fine.

How difficult is it to go into the tranny and update some worn bits?

As a frame of reference, I have taken the engine out, did some fuel line and injector stuff, oil cooler seals, valve adjustments, exhaust and heating stuff...minor yet somewhat brave for a newbie.

I have no problems spending cash, but I would love to give this a go if it is do-able.

Please help me decide --> is it something I should do or farm out???

Cheers

T

[John]

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One exception to Red-Beard's article though - I would never attempt to do this with the transmission in the car. Remove the transmission first. There are too many potential pitfalls if you don't. Besides, you probably wanted to replace the mainshaft seal anyway.

That's what I thought until one windy day in Michigan at Grattan Race Track about 14 years ago. An instructor wanted to drive the car and my dad let him. (last time someone other than my father or I have driven the car)

Anyway, he missed a shift and went from 5th to 2ond instead of 5th to 4th. He was used to his old worn out 914-6 sloppy tailshift trans and not our tight bushed sideshifter. Needlesss to say, the shift forks moved during his violent flailing. I had to re-adjust the shift forks. I was loading up the car when a local 914 (expert) Bob Shedd came along and asked what was up. I explained what happened and he suggested pulling the tail off the trans right there in the paddock.

Unsure of how this was going to turn out without my nice clean shop, I hesitantly did what he was telling me to do. (I had rebuilt a gearbox befor this, but only in my nice clean shop)

Everything went fairly well and everything went well. The hardest part was getting the splines on the input shaft to line up with the clutch disc. Another nerve wracking item was the washer for the 1st/reverse bearings in the tail piece. It went well and I COULD do it again, but would rather not. So I know it CAN be done at the track in the dirt.

The tranny is not that difficult to work on. Just be clean, organized and take your time.

Good luck