Posts Tagged "gear box"

Engine and gearbox are built

September 5th, 2012
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Last night was a big night as we bolted the engine and gearbox together.  I realize that I have been very delinquent in my updates and there will be some catch up that is done on the whole build process, but I may still get to drive the mini before the snow flys….

Here is a shot of the gearbox.  It took a bit of work, but I finally got it back together with the new baulk ring.  Not sure what I am going to do with the old one as it is the source of all this craziness.

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Here is another shot with the new LSD insalled!  Not sure how long the old one was going to make it.

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A shot of the engine waiting for the gearbox.

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and one of everything bolted together.

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Parts Order #2

August 13th, 2010
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Well the last of the parts arrived for the gearbox including a limited slip diff and the synchro parts that are needed to repair second gear.  The issue that started this whole adventure.  Now I am running out of excuses for why the rebuild isn’t done.  So before this month is up I hope to actually show some real progress again…

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Gearbox & Suspension Teardown

June 23rd, 2010
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Well I finally made some good progress in the last week.  The suspension and everything tied to the front sub-frame has been taken off.  The sub-frame has been cleaned up and soon it will be ready to be repainted!

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The gearbox is also finally apart.  Next step is ordering a rebuild kit and a cross pin diff.

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Jesse has also started porting and polishing the head. I had some pictures, but they didn’t come through on the camera to well.

So… hopefully it wont be long before everything starts to get built again.  I would just like to do a bit of cleanup on the engine bay before I head back to Madagascar.  Who knows by the end of summer I might actually be putting everything back in the car… well maybe. 🙂

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Gear Box tear down

May 10th, 2010
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I didn’t take any pictures, but I have made it half way through tearing down the gear box.  I am just planning out what parts will be purchased.  I don’t want to use straight cut drops and I am hoping I can sort out an alternative.  I have seen some interesting posts where others have tried to deal with the loading on the idler gear including using a fixed shaft with tapered roller bearings or needle thrust bearings between the idler gear and the case.   We will see… a little more research is needed.

I will however definitely be upgrading the diff to a cross pin diff from Mini Spares plus a rebuild kit to deal with the grinding in second gear.  The second gear trouble is what started all this craziness. 🙂

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