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September 29, 2003
Until I get the transmission from the 68 repaired, I have dug through the extras in
shed. I started with the latest one that came out of a 65 Midget, that had not been
on the road in over 20 years. The shifter would not move, and the input shaft was
almost locked. I put an old yoke on the back and gave it a bit more pressure and
got it to move. I forced the shifter into all gears, and got a nice positive, firm
movement on front and rear shafts. The thing that concerned me was the stiffness in
the box. I removed the drain plug, and found a reddish clay blockage molded in the
shape of the inside of the plug. I wrestled the side cover off, and found about an
1/8" of this clay type crap in the bottom of the tranny. I scraped out most of it,
poured engine flush onto the gears, and replaced the cover. I took a cordless 1/2"
drill, clamped onto the input shaft, and started to spin up the tranny. It now
turns much more freely, I have all gears shifting well, and it is soaking as I
type. NOW, what would be a good follow-up fluid to soak this thing in overnight?
Diesel, kerosene, M.E.K, silicone brake fluid???? I hope this will get me through,
until I get the original drivetrain rebuilt and ready to re-install. Any caveats I
should be wary of prior to putting this back in?
Brad
p.s. What the hell would make the fluid turn to clay, other than too much heat?
Brad Fornal < toyman@... > 25712
Posted on September 29, 2003 05:32 PM
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