I mentioned some time back having a ticking sound in first gear. Also
mentioned clutch slipping in 4th (in the passing lane against oncoming
traffic).
Regret to report, the excitement of a slipping clutch will soon be a thing of
the past. How can I know I'm having fun if my heart isn't racing in fear???
Removed the tranny, clutch assembly and flywheel a couple of weekends ago. The
rear engine seal is amazingly tight. No leaks. But the clutch plate on the
tranny side was gooey. Had a leak in the tranny front seal.
John Esposito at Quantum Mechanics did some heroics for me. First, he set
aside a day for me to drive the tranny down, drop it off, while he did the
work. He even had a rebuilt replacement ready to go, which wound up being
good idea. While I was there, we took off the top and fished out a broken tooth
from first gear. That was causing the ticking sound, as he told me on the
phone before I ever came.
He also showed me the synchros, showed me the slop between them indicating
wear, and the teeth (how they looked and how they were supposed to look). I
spent the night in a hotel nearby, and he stayed in the shop til 10 pm that
night checking out the overdrive and rebuilding it.
I know. Many of you can rebuild your own overdrives. All I can say is that I
was an English major, and therefore somewhat prettier, albeit dumber, than
engineers.
Tranny is home and ready for reinstall. Hold up? A 75 cent peg that goes in
the flywheel for the pressure plate.
So, Stoopid English Major question I know we've talked about a million times
when I wasn't paying attention (did I mention I'm blonde too?), would like to
go with syn oil in the OD transmission. Must be GL-4. Was it Redline that
makes it?
Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
New Hampshire and very happy tonight.
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