bad second gear position on short throw
bad oil seal on new tranny pics and ?'s
Oil seal on tranny
Changed the trany. Now that I don’t have the short throw shifter (pictured) I was amazed by how far you have to shift. You see how they made the short throw by drilling a second hole under the first one>
The first pic shows second gear in the proper position.
the second one shows the short throw in what it thinks is second gear you can see how it ends up then getting stuck in that position.
Removed the messed up trany and tried tranny #3 and it was in good shape, no grinding etc etc But………. It leaks oil.
I guess that the seal that covers the bearing at the end of the trany which usually ends up stuck in the bellhousing didn’t fit right.
The books are all very nebulous about this seal. Should the tranny be bolted up with it:
One Pushed into the recess in the bell housing or
Pushed flush against the wall of the trans on the shaft?
Is there somewhere else the oil can leak from?
I will pull it out in the am and try a different seal out of another bellhousing, which I hope will work.
The other bad new was that the last owner had attached the bell housing and the trany using 5/8 bolts instead of the 15mm. Therefore I am guessing that the bellhousing was stripped and they forced the larger bolts in. sadly I do not thing that I can reuse them as I have right now and one of the bolts just doesn’t seem right as it doesn’t tighten down all the way, so I guess I will have to switch bellhousing also.
Is the oil seal on the trany shaft the same as the early vega? I know the vega shaft was longer but I am guessing the with was the same so the oil seal that the part store has might work??? Yes? No?
Changed the trany. Now that I don’t have the short throw shifter (pictured) I was amazed by how far you have to shift. You see how they made the short throw by drilling a second hole under the first one>
The first pic shows second gear in the proper position.
the second one shows the short throw in what it thinks is second gear you can see how it ends up then getting stuck in that position.
Removed the messed up trany and tried tranny #3 and it was in good shape, no grinding etc etc But………. It leaks oil.
I guess that the seal that covers the bearing at the end of the trany which usually ends up stuck in the bellhousing didn’t fit right.
The books are all very nebulous about this seal. Should the tranny be bolted up with it:
One Pushed into the recess in the bell housing or
Pushed flush against the wall of the trans on the shaft?
Is there somewhere else the oil can leak from?
I will pull it out in the am and try a different seal out of another bellhousing, which I hope will work.
The other bad new was that the last owner had attached the bell housing and the trany using 5/8 bolts instead of the 15mm. Therefore I am guessing that the bellhousing was stripped and they forced the larger bolts in. sadly I do not thing that I can reuse them as I have right now and one of the bolts just doesn’t seem right as it doesn’t tighten down all the way, so I guess I will have to switch bellhousing also.
Is the oil seal on the trany shaft the same as the early vega? I know the vega shaft was longer but I am guessing the with was the same so the oil seal that the part store has might work??? Yes? No?
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