I've got to go to bed but I wanted to post a quick update on Barrys car project. Janus (JanusCole) and I tore the transmission down far enough to see what it needed for parts. If you are wondering what this is all about, see
Death of Fellow Pelican BBS Member...
The drainplug had the normal fuzz. No teeth or spare change. This is good.
Janus is strutting his mechanical stuff with this lovely ensemble. The orange punch from Germany and lavender rubber gloves are the look that says Spring!
But seriously, I bet this transmission has never been apart. Look at the blue paint on the large nut.
Another use for the fork alignment tool slash cup holder. It works great for keeping the shafts and forks together while removing them as a unit. I used to tie them up with a shop rag but this works much better. My buddy Mark Hald ("Hald") came up with this idea. (If you don't have any smart friends, I suggest you get some. They are
great.)
More evidence that this transmission hasn't been rebuilt, at least not in long time. You're looking at 1st and 2nd gear. 1st is on the right, 2nd on the left. Notice the dog teeth on 1st are symetric i.e. shaped like little houses. Porsche switched to stronger asymetric teeth for 1st at some point ('77?) and the replacement 1st dog teeth and slider you can get now are asymetric. I don't know if the symetric 1st gear dog teeth are even available anymore.
If you wondering what is odd about this picture, I removed the slider so you can see the bald spots on the synchros and the shape of the dog teeth.
I left my notes out in the garage but the transmission looked good. I think 1st and 2nd dogs, slider and synchros were needed and a sychro on 3rd or 4th. Don't quote me on that.
The bearing were nice and tight in the case.
Off to bed now.
-Chris