For all: Good English humor, combined with fairly realistic and factual testing....a good show of mechancial things that go fast!!!! Last week one segment was a world class 4WD Evo ralley car in a ra
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This is exactly the problem I had with a newly rebuilt 5 spd about 2 years ago. The whine, and then no 5th. I would stop driving the car right away, as when I drained the tranny juice some balls from
Yea, when I lost 5th, I lost reverse also. I forgot to put that in my original reply. Best Regards, Jim _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the
For all: Yep, as far as I know, the 4 spd does not have this "nut backing off" problem. It has been said that the 4 spd is actually a bit stronger of a tranny. Best Regards, Jim Chesapeake Virginia _
Thanks, I have not had either one apart, gearboxes and setting up rear ends, and bending exhaust pipes probably being the only three things I have others do. I was speaking from hear-say, which can b
I originally used Red Line MT-90 in my roadster 5 spd, and it was wonderful, and made worn synchros come back to life. The problem is, it is much thinner than 90W, even though it has the same lube p
I have been useing Anti-Sieze on wheel studs, and many, many other things for years with no problems. Note that if you do use it though, the nut will go on farther for the same amount of torque. This
I recently did this job. The nut has to match a keeper for a cotter pin, and my torque wrench only goes to 100 ft lbs. My method was to torque to near max on the torqe wrench and verify that this pu
If I remember right, a 1/2 inch breaker bar works good, the square pops into the sqare hole in the fill and drain plugs. The tranny fill is hard to get to. I use a 1 gallon garden sprayer, with the s
Kieth's words of wisdom are good, a few more are: -roll the engine so that intake valve is shut, and if you have a source of compressed air get in there after dislodging all the carbon and blow out a
For all: A few weeks ago I asked the list what the heck these things were, they were coming up for bid at govliquidation.com. Well, I went over there and looked at them in person, and they were reall
Dear List, Well, its been tough. I like them both. But, in keeping with house rules of one mag subscription to each of us, I had to whittle down from Car and Driver, Grass Roots Motorsports, and Clas
If you need to work on the pivots, removing the dash is a good idea. The heater box and wiper motor can be changed out with the dash in, but do yourself a favor and take out the passanger seat, so yo
I agreee with Mike!! To add some detail, the ideal tool is an oxy-acetiline torch, set to a good non-oxidizing flame, and heat the bolt red hot, let it cool, and it will come out with gentle tapping
For all: It was several years ago when I made this repair, and the details are hazy. At the time I carefully posted to the list the complete procedure. Maybeee its in the archives somewhere. But from
For all: Do not worry, the roadster owner in question plans on replacing all the fasteners that were under duress, from the heat wrench, or even from the impact gun at the service station.....replace
My car's name is on the plate: SAKE RKT (SAKE ROCKET).... I figure with all the local MG guys deriseively calling it a "rice burner" I would just improve on the situation....and since SAKE is a very
For all: I will also step up and say Dean has done me right, and as a bonus his price is frequently the low bid also, but before this turns into a single vender love fest, I will also say I have boug