Transmission rebuild

Well done!!  And to display my appalling ignorance, WTF is that big flat grey humpy thing?

If I'm not mistaken, that's the back side of his fan shroud. Looks like a 'center mounted' Porsche 911 type thing.

 

Must be some tricky perspective in the photo -- looks as big as the front end of the car . . .

Well, it IS kind-of a small car.......

Yeah, Kelly, it's called taking a pic with a cellphone from up close. Plus the back end is raised up pretty high, which contributes.

 

Got my parts from Weddle, so trans will be completed today, getting there.

The TRANS IS DONE! Installed the diff, new berings, and covers. Then installed the axles, axle tubes, and bearings. Also did clutch cross shaft, throwout bearing, and slave saver and slave cylinder.

Oh, God......Now Lane is gonna want to re-install that hydraulic clutch.

 

Hope he doesn't try it before Carlisle.

All Vintage Spyders have a hydraulic clutch, always been there. Just added the slave saver which makes a straight pull instead of the angle.

Nice work, Danny.

 

Oh, and Gordon 

Very impressive, Danny, and some nice photos to describe the project.

 

Looks brand new -- and mostly is.  Is the safety wiring the way it came, or a Danny-ism?  Great idea either way.

 

Rock on!!

Lookin' good, Danny! Running again this weekend?

F**kin" Nice! 

Yowsah ! Butta bing butta bang butta boom....Outstanding ! Can't wait to see it.  Thanks for sharing.

At ALL, thanks for the compliments, guys!

 

Kelly, the safety wire is the VW factory way. I never took the ring gear off my super-diff, it is wired the way Trans-West did it in 2002.

 

Al, not this weekend, got some painting to do to the chassis and some parts first. I'll finish off this thread and maybe start a new one so I don't offend the Almighty Frazoo! Come to think of it, he does have a little bit of a Wizard of Oz vibe to him, don't he? LOL!

Do you mean the Wizard of Odd? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXDo4dL7SU

I think Lane has it right . . .

 

And David, I believe it is: Badda-bing . . ."  eh?

Bump.

 

Wassup??  You out terrorizing the neighborhood yet, or what??

Transmission and engine are back in the car. A long litany of items changed, cleaned, and upgraded as well. New 4 wheel discs and master cylinder installed as well. Just got to slap the carbs back on. Will be running this weekend. See most of you next week.

Good job, Danny.  You are definitely one of the SOC Wizards!  See you in a few days!

Cuttin' it kinda close there eh Danny Boy??  Only got a couple of days to shake it all down and head out.  You are going to love the 4X discs.  The only way to go -- I mean stop.

I put 80 miles on it yesterday, while being kind to the brakes. Eerily silent cruising. The trans noises are gone, and I went back to stock rubber mounts and a newly fabricated front engine mount. Almost civilized, but still goes like hell.

 

And yes, Kelly, I know it's close. But I will be there, with Spyder, no matter what else happens!

Yeah, my Urethane mounts, while holding everything very closely in place, sure transmit a whole lot more noise to the cockpit.  HD rubber mounts are the way to go.

 

Hey, you know how one of the tricks to bedding brake pads is to get going around 50 or so, then apply the brakes while increasing the gas to compensate so you maintain 50-60mph with the brakes halfway on, right?

 

I tried that with my Nissan Rogue and it knows you're applying BOTH the gas and the brake at the same time which some bureaucrat has decided is wrong so it artificially intelligences my driver movements as being "bad" and, through the ECU, throttles the engine back to idle, making impossible to bed the brakes that way. 

 

Gotta love high-tech cars.  Gotta hate those bureaucratic weanies, thinking for us.

 

 

Gordon, it's worse than that.

 

The ECU also sends a text to your insurance company telling them you're due for one of those 'refresher' driver's ed courses.

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite Car-toons!

I'd say that procedure makes it too easy for a random person to mistakenly overheat the pads and cause glazing, the exact opposite of what you are trying to accomplish. I don't know of any brake manufacturer that uses that procedure either.

 

And did you really buy a soccer-mom SUV expecting to heel-toe?