First time rebuilder gaining momentum!

[Don Settergren]

No kidding, just for sound deadening. Hmmm, no wonder they have a layer of foam on the inside. Maybe I'll leave them off, but I need to check if the under tray bolts to them. Or do you leave the undertray off as well??

[Don Settergren]

Update!

Good: I just passed 30,000 miles, that's about 6,000 on the rebuild and the engine runs perfect. I even treated the car (and myself) to a professional 30,000 mile maintenance. the mechanic at Accumoto was a pleasure to work with and the car is perfect. Accumoto suggested some rear brake pads.

Bad: I was accelerating on a bumpy road and the tranny snapped. It feels like it shifts into gear normally, the clutch feels normal, but I have no forward motion. I assume the open differential gears snapped. Maybe a bearing wore and the gears dropped apart. Maybe the output shaft snapped. I'm not sure, but the crunching from the tranny when I roll the car across the garage almost makes me cry. I wonder if I can just pull the differential cover and replace the diff? Probably the whole trans will come out and get replaced with a rebuilt or used part.

I have a thread started on the 964 page for your comments. Thanks!

Transmission is mush!

[billybek]

Bad CV joint?
Might not be too serious.

[Don Settergren]

Now that would be good news - too good to be true with my luck. Wouldn't both have to fail at once?

[Don Settergren]

Wow, I feel stupid, but I'm really happy. The CV joint was completely loose from the tranny! I bolted it back up (applied some locktite and torqued to 47lbs) and she's back on the road. The crunching was the CV and bolts scraping against the undertray and tranny.

How the heck did this CV loosen without me hearing it? The car is a cabriolet, so I can hear the engine through the top the few times it's up and even more while the top is down. Full power and then nothing...

Christmas came way early for me!