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| Transmission drain plug with center magnet |
So that's where my 2nd gear synchro's have all gone. Ground to little fine metallic bits to be captured by the magnet center of the drain plug. This seems like a case of Deja-vu all over again.
Now where have I seen that before? .... Oh yeah,
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| 944 motor after the Glen in 2011 |
This was the motor drain plug after the #2 rod bearing let go in my 944 race motor last year. I hope it's not a car virus. Car viruses are not supposed to jump species, like from a Porsche to a BMW. Well to just make sure, I think I'll sacrifice a beer or two to appease the car gods.
Meanwhile, you have seen the condition of the tranny as it was pulled before.
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| It's that greasy lump hanging on the back of the motor |
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| Somewhat cleaned up but still full of rusty bits. The spongy tranny mount is hiding in the right bottom. |
Since then, it's been considerably cleaned up, repainted and refreshed with a new quart of Redline MTL. The original tranny mount was soft and soggy and replaced by a new Ireland Engineering urethane one. When reassembling everything I discovered that a pair of bushings that center the shifter had been missing. They're now on order and when installed it should take out a lot of slop in the shifting.
Looking good. Onto the motor.
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ReplyDeleteWhat did you do about the metal bits in the trans?
Basically nothing, other that a flush of the fluid. I know what they are from, the 2nd gear synchros. I may go to a 5 gear tranny in the future, so I don't want to spend the money to rebuild the box. At this point I will just live with them, using a double clutch to get into gear.
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