For all:
This Z part thing could be a good deal.
By comparison, my parts bill for
4 synchros, the 7 bearing kit, the gasket kit, and
the locking plate for 5th gear was 436$$. This includes
shipping and tax. And I searched among all the usual
roadster venders for the best price! My tranny
rebuilder warned me to make sure I got the metal
synchros, not brass. In fact the supplier made sure
my tranny did not have brass synchros, I guess in some
way they damage the tranny so the good synchros dont
work so well anymore. I asked my tranny builder about
welding or pinning 5th gear, and he said it was on a spline
and looked great, in fact the whole gearset looked great.
He just recommended the bearings, they were a little loose.
And the synchros were definatly shot!!
The hard part was getting the stupid blue plastic 18tooth
speedo gear, which I have described in previous E-mails.
I pick up the tranny today, labor is $280 which includes
reaming out the starter bolt holes and installing
helicoils (another P.O. force an american bolt in a
metric hole sort of thing)
Best Regards,
Jim
Chesapeake, Va
67 pushrod 5spd
72 510 sportwagon
----- Original Message -----
From: datsunmike
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 7:37 PM
To: Marc Sayer; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 5 speed rebuilt "kit" parts numbers
Is that for the Borg Warner trannies?
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Sayer" <marc@gracieland.org>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: 5 speed rebuilt "kit" parts numbers
> Allen Blackmon wrote:
> > To List,
> >
> > I received quite a few emails a couple of weeks or so ago, when I
discussed
> > my tranny rebuild and the easily and cheaply available parts.
> >
> > I just picked up my rebuilt 5 speed tranny. Total cost, including
parts,
> > labor and the ugly 8.6% sales tax, was $439. Labor $210. Now to the
parts,
> > as promised. What you need is the 240z rebuild kit. Part number
(Nachi,
> > which I'm told is the supplier to Nissan) BK 105A WS. That stands for
"BK"
> > bearing kit, "105 A", not sure, "WS" with synchros. Cost was $162.85.
>
>
> A word of warning on the brass synchros used in most of these kits (and
> most aftermarket synchro sources). They are NOT the same as Nissan
> parts. I was working on this story for ZCCD before it went under, and I
> took photos of dozens of aftermarket synchros, as well as a handful of
> real Nissan synchros. And there were major differences that would
> clearly affect their function. The differences ranged from reduced
> friction surface area, to dead end slots that could cause fluid buildup
> at the friction surface area, to just plain poor machine work. The
> materials used were also clearly substandard as well. The rest of the
> parts in the kit seemed fine (didn't really get into them other than to
> look at them, so they may not be as good as Nissan, but there weren't
> any obvious visual problems) but the synchros looked very, very suspect.
>
>
> --
> Marc Sayer
> 82 280ZX Turbo
> 71 510 Trans Am vintage racer
>
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