Grattan Raceway, Aug.1995, MKII Sprite #99
shifter fork screws up on track in practise, nuetral everywhere, push to
the pits, realize spare tranny's 10 hours round trip minimum on a Friday
through Chicago, so we decide we'll fix what we got. Swipe a 4"x4" sign
post, with oil still in engine and tranny, hook up a chain, one end of
the post on my brother's shoulder, one end on mine... muscle the thing
out. (remember, you've got to lift pretty high to get over the front of
a MKII).
Lay the bad boy down on its side, remove the tranny side cover, fix the
offending shifter fork , reassemble, muscle the motor and trans back in,
hook everything back up.
Made the next practise session... 2 1/2 hours total down time.
Used to be able to have a VW engine out in 10 minutes, and back in in
15... was a younger man then...
WST
Team Thicko
Gary S. wrote:
> Indianapolis RaceWay Park
> Oct 1996
> two days
> five head gaskets (same car)
> (three in one day)
> no sessions missed, although some were one lap, or less.
> Team Thicko
>
> At 02:38 PM 11/5/97 -0500, Brian Evans wrote:
> >Best between sessions repair we did was at Watkins Glenn one time
> where the
> >pilot bushing in the end of the crank went. Pulled the motor/tranny,
> split
> >them, diagnosed the problem, got the remains of the old bushing out,
> went
> >into town, slapped the thing on the counter, parts guy did what TRUE
> parts
> >guys always do - said I think I got one o those - and did, something
> for
> >some bizarre tractor as I recall, then back to the track and in you
> go.
> >
> >At mid ohio last year, someone blew up the chev V-8 engine in his
> sports
> >racer. They went down the street, pulled one out of a school bus in
> the
> >wrecking yard, put it in, fired it and finished the weekend.
> >
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