Ron (&) et al,
Your machinist was lucky. I've had at least 5 people that bought kits from me
buy the gearbox from the source you recommend and all 5 were very dissatisfied
with what they received. One guy even bought a "rebuilt" one, which after
seeing photos he sent me, clearly was not; not even the seals had been replaced
with new ones.. He ended up having to pull it from the car and paying a second
time to rebuild it. He asked for a refund from the seller, but they refunded
only a fraction of the difference he paid. The seller uses several, changing
IDs to avoid visible negative feedback. Others had different issues, but none
could be used "as-is". In my experience (through others) These are not even
inspected. The seller paints them with silver paint to make them look "fresh",
which is always a red flag for me.
Several years ago, some new parts were available, currently, almost no
replacement parts are available any longer. I have a source for bearing kits
and synchros, and a few other consumables. Anyone considering purchase from the
Mexico source (usually listed as being sold out of US border cites in Texas,
Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, etc., should be aware that you will likely need
the gearbox rebuilt or possibly may only be good for parts. As the saying
goes, "even a blind squirrel finds a but once in a while" so you might get
lucky, so just saying "Buyer Beware".
Gerard
On May 27, 2019, at 11:00 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote:
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 04:48:54 -0500
> From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
> To: kevin@valentinephoto.net
> Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, Kevin Valentine
> <kevinv1275@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Datsun 5 speed
> Message-ID: <43D89B64-D976-4421-BB81-4BF42264EC3F@yahoo.com>
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> There?s a woman in Mexico selling cores I think. My machinist bought one
> recently and was happy. I can get infobof needed. Our ?modern? gearbox is now
> 40 years old. Unbelievable.
>
> Ron Soave
>
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