More on transmission

Picked up the transmission this morning to ship up to Renn Tech. So here's the deal: It's an early 915, where the mainshaft seal was installed from the inside of the transmission. Basically the first thing that goes in on assembly. So the story that this came off a running car is impossible. Steve showed me that if you look down the sleeve around the mainshaft with a flashlight, you can see glorious transmission insides. That ain't right.

And here's a bit of fun as well: Since it spewed transmission fluid through the mainshaft, it ruined the clutch. Brand new, happy Sachs Powerclutch, a nice $595 item from Pelican. Sweet. Steve says that they might be able to clean the tranmission fluid off the disc, but the chances of clutch failure are pretty high. And then everything would have to come out one more time. Yeah, forget that option. Still have to see, if the clutch disc from that kit is available separately. All in all, i'm liable to have up to $1400 in that transmission, between the lost clutch disc, the labor to fix the misaligned reverse shifter arm and the labor to pull the transmission and engine again.

Let's see if Renn Tech does me right on this. Either way, still no car and none for a while to come.