[TR] the GT6 has run again!

[Jim Muller]

This has been a long journey.  Last year I took my GT6 off the road 
(again) because of a screaming noise from the gearbox.  I had a 
machine shop put a hardened sleeve on the end of the mainshaft, then 
I re-assembled and installed it, and took it for a test drive.  Just 
a short drive around the block convinced me that something wasn't 
right.  That something turned out to be a circlip that wasn't seated.

The next re-assembly took much longer than I would have liked, and 
even after I put it back in the car time didn't give much opportunity 
to test drive it.  Howver last weekend I got that opportunity and it 
passed the test.  So on Monday I decided to drive it to work, a 100-
mile round trip.  It made the entire trip successfully!  It didn't 
break, it stayed quiet, shifted smoothly.

It was a good day.

Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com