My father who was a car guy built his own car which he never completed. In the end dementia has taken his mind. Its sad as he was a tool and die maker and enjoyed working with his hands. He purchased the transaxle at least 20-25 years ago and has been sitting in the garage since. I will never...
Mike
Thanks for all the helpful info. I am realistically never going to use it nor try to upgrade / let alone finish the car my dad built at this time. So I guess I will eventually sell it.
Mike
Mike
Opened it up and it looks great inside not a spec of rust or any signs of pitting from rust on the ring, pinion, carrier etc oil looks like it needed a change though but no metallic particles in it. Will upload pics later. I guess it will need a cover gasket! :laugh:
Ron here is the image
and i calculated that the gear ratios are darn close if not bang on to the listing from Mark Rawskis post
http://www.gt40s.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=74622&d=1411494812
Mike
OK took a closer look and saw a large B then i cleaned that area you speak of then found a 9171 followed by a large B. Will upload a picture later.
I also did a rudimentary (hand & eyeball) drive ratio on the gears
1st - 9.5:1
2nd - 6.2:1
3rd - 4.4:1
4th - 3.5:1
5th - 3:1
this is from...
You mean on those two flat spots that are rounded at the rear where it looks like a number should be stamped on top? If so that was the first place I looked. I did not see any numbers there either. I carefully removed some dirt and some corrosion expecting something there. Where the numbers very...
My father who was a car guy and built his own car which he never completed. In the end dementia has taken his mind. Its sad as he was a tool and die maker and enjoyed working with his hands. He built the following from scratch by hand;
Basically it has a Chevy 350 LT1 Motor and a...