With the price "Rimmer Bros." has on rebuilt trannys no shop in the country can
rebuild one for you, I bet a shops labor bill is more than a trans. from Rimmer
alone, buy a new rebuilt from then have some club members give a hand, if you
do not
belong to a T/R club then this is another example of why should, they are
friendly
and very helpfull, labour rate is usually a case of cool refreshments. A big
part of
owning one of these cars is the grease under the nails.
Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou wrote:
> At 06:48 AM 5/27/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
> Keep in mind that to remove the tranny (without removing the engine),
> you have to remove the (cardboard) transmission cover, the center console
>pillar,
> the radio, etc. It can be tricky to do this without dirtying or damaging
> some of these items. A transmission shop may not have to experience or
> inclination to avoid these sort of problems. You could remove all this stuff
> and then transport the car to the shop. When they finish, you can drive it
>home
> while seeing your repaired tranny in operation! You may also find out that
> the transmission cover disintegrates while being removed, and it is time to
>buy
> and install a plastic replacement...
>
> Doug
> 72 Spit Mk IV
>
> >Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:39:07 +0100
> >From: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>
> >Subject: Gearbox questions
> >
> >Hi Listers!
> >
> >As I think I mentioned in a previous posting, the gearbox on my Spit
> >1500 packed in this morning. I'm currently trying to decide whether I
> >should replace it myself, or have a garage do it for me, and I'd welcome
> >any input from the list as to how easy/difficult it is to do, bearing in
> >mind that I'm not a mechanic but I'm quite happy to get my hands dirty.
> >
> >If I do decide to go to the garage, it won't be an LBC garage - the car
> >won't make it! There's a gearbox shop just down the road from me that
> >I'm sure I'll be able to get to. Is there any info I should give them
> >about Triumph gearboxes, or should I just let them get on with it?
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